Would you rather…? It’s a game where two choices are presented and you have to choose. Sometimes it’s a choice between the lesser of two evils; sometimes it’s a choice between two E Ticket options. It’s never supposed to be obvious – if it is, then the question is either flawed or about coconut and […]
Sometimes we lie to others because we’re lying to ourselves. I’ve tried not to freak out about my Mt Kilimanjaro trip, mainly because it seemed so far away and I had plenty of other marathons and trips inbetween sending in my deposit and actually boarding a plane. And yet this morning I was boarding a […]
The journey of the final “Road To…” Marathon begins.
I neglected to include this in yesterday’s recap of the New River Marathon. This is a horror story. Along the river in that land of North Carolina, there are wildflowers. And amongst the North Carolina wildflowers are bumble bees. And amidst my sweat and fatigue, the bumble bees decided I smelled sweeter than the flowers […]
It’s a small world after all. Twenty years ago this December I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill. And even with that multi-year experience in my past, I forget how pretty North Carolina is as a state. This race in the Blue Mountains brought up a lot of blasts from the past (that two story Wendy’s […]
Sometimes life is messy. Actually with me life is (almost) always messy. Earlier this week, on a whim, I decided to add a marathon for this weekend. It’s really Global Running Day’s fault. And my own obsessive compulsive disorder which had me trying to add a few more races so that I can make Pikes […]
I think I’ve said this before with regards to running clubs: sometimes the rules are arbitrary and if you don’t like ’em you really can just go and make your own club. You don’t have to be upset or let others dictate what is or isn’t a personal accomplishment. I remember a race director told […]
So today while attempting to run a training 10 miler, and today amidst yet another “feels like the 90s” heat index making the training “run” more a training “walk,” I also got a flat tire. How does a runner get a flat tire you (and my Mom) might ask? Well, I pulled out one of […]
The time has come. I’ve been systematically looking at possible wellness revisions for me and now it’s time to put some plans into action. There’s going to be efforts to revise my training regime, alter some eating habits, real attempts to cut out some calories and hopefully lose some of the flab I’ve developed. I’m […]
Fall 2018: