In life, there’s a distinction to be made between things not going right, and things going wrong. If things don’t go right, nothing really bad happens, but nothing good happens either. If things go wrong, something bad happens. Maybe more than one “something bad.” A good recent race example of the former would be theContinue reading “7/30/22: Moosalamoo “Baby Moose””
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2021 Year in Review: July to September
July was a lull in the schedule, with no races until the end of the month. My goal was to avoid heat stroke while continuing build miles over the next couple of months, in order to be ready for some long races in September. I found it enjoyable to turn the Tuesday night fun runsContinue reading “2021 Year in Review: July to September”
2021 Year In Review: January to March
As we approach the final day of the year, I would like to take the time to recap the running adventures of 2021. It was a year of growth and development, and I am definitely a different runner now than I was 12 months ago. January began with me in good health. We were stillContinue reading “2021 Year In Review: January to March”
4/1/21 Training Update: 9 Days Until a Real Race
We are now more than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic (or should that be capitalized: Pandemic?), and in the time since our society locked down I have run in only one live race, the Half Marathon Unplugged last October. That race had several staggered starting waves, and was completed just at the start ofContinue reading “4/1/21 Training Update: 9 Days Until a Real Race”
3/23/21 Training Update: Training Update
Man, has it really been over a month since I posted here? Time flies! I find that it’s sometimes difficult to decide exactly what the “training update” is, because priorities are mixed up in the winter. Actually, not mixed up at all, as skiing is top priority when I can get it. Running takes aContinue reading “3/23/21 Training Update: Training Update”
4/23/20 Training Update: The Downs and Ups
If there is a silver lining, from a running standpoint, to the COVID-19 crisis, social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and resultant race cancellations, it’s that it’s helping me dial it back a little bit. To save me from myself in a way. I don’t mean this in an “I just can’t stop myself” way, though IContinue reading “4/23/20 Training Update: The Downs and Ups”
1/6/20: Doctor visit and short run
Subsequent to my New Shoes post, I got spooked by some of the reading that Katie and I were doing about lower-leg injuries. My symptoms were starting to sound an awful lot like a stress fracture. Having seen the movie Brittany Runs a Marathon, I knew that stress fractures can derail one’s grandest objectives. IContinue reading “1/6/20: Doctor visit and short run”
New Shoes
December is a slow time of year for running in Vermont. There aren’t a lot of races because, well, it’s winter and the roads and sidewalks and trails are covered with snow and ice. Also, people are strapping skis to their feet and schussing through the woods and down the slopes. It’s the perfect timeContinue reading “New Shoes”
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