Throughout life people are telling you to do things to be successful. In school it’s do the work to get the good grades so you can get into college. Then into a job it’s the same, do the work to get promoted and make more money. Everyone talks about getting to the top [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday I did an 8 mile trail run and yesterday a 4.25 mile hill workout. All good stuff and feeling it in the legs so decided for a day off from running.
I often get asked why do I run. People try to offer their own rationalizations:
Am I trying to lose weight?
Are [...]
1:30:00 – 9 miles
It feels different when I talk about distant running now. I refer to a semi-long run as 9 miles like it’s nothing. In reality, it is something. As a running coach once told me during a marathon: you have to work the plan. Well, I am in the beginning stages of [...]
Continue Reading →41:00 – 4 miles
Read an interesting definition of endurance today at the gym:
The ability to continue even under stress and exhaustion.
That certainly applies to my running goals, but it also applies to everything else in life! From the workplace to home, we all face stress and exhaustion daily. It’s the ability [...]
Continue Reading →40:00 – 4 miles including 2×800
I’ve been battling a sinus cold the past 3 days and couldn’t take another day of not going running. The original plan was to go in and do a light run … well, that turned into me adding some speed drills into it. Oh well, was distracting enough to [...]
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