Bring it on, 2018
Most years, I pop out of bed on the first of the year, excited for a clean slate, already writing this blog post in my head. I’m all about the New Year’s Resolutions — always …
Category: training
A Little Physics
It’s Wednesday. According to my pal Hal (you know — Hal Higdon, creator of famous half marathon running plans), it’s either a cross-training day or I should be running 2 miles. Instead, I’m on the …
Things running has taught me about life
As I was heavy-breathing through the last few intervals of my run the other day, I started thinking about my long history with this weird little pastime. I don’t need to survive by catching my dinner. …
Shadow of Success
On and off. Black and white. Ying and yang. Success and shadow. What? It was something I hadn’t considered — that every success has its shadowy side, the underbelly that you don’t always talk about. …
Again with the starting again
I’ve been home from Utah for over a week now, I’ve posted my vacation porn, emptied out the suitcase (though, admittedly haven’t quite put everything away yet) and spent a week slipping back into my …
The ISH
The other day I went for a run. Well, a run(ish), as I like to call it. I worked hard to push through 3 miles of intervals — 2 minutes of running alternated with a minute …
Shame monsters
I didn’t intend to take a little summer hiatus, but I guess that’s what happened, regardless of intentions. If I’m being truthful, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to be here, but rather my words …
Overheard at Swallow Cliff
As I attempt to literally work my ass off at the Swallow Cliff stairs, the scene is always ripe with juicy conversations to overhear and interesting things to see. Note that anything in quotes is …
Past Lives
I see her in the girl that effortlessly breezes past me on the bike path as I painfully slog through my training run. She’s in the pictures on my wall. She’s in the stashed tubs of …
Onwards. Upwards.
Lawdy, folks. Where does the time go? It’s like the world has spun off its axis: both the Sox and the Cubs are atop their respective divisions. What’s next? Actual Spring weather in May (i.e. perhaps a …