Race Recap

It’s Wednesday and my legs are still sore. It’s still tough getting up and down the stairs.  But it is getting better. It was a lot easier getting out of bed this morning than it was on Monday or Tuesday.  Slowly things are getting back to normal. Still, it won’t be until near the end

Last Training Update

As I started to think about this update it occurred to me that this will be the last training update. Next week is the race. The training is finished. Now it’s just a matter of resting, hydrating, eating right, and some easy runs. I’m not sure if this last week was a total taper, but

Hegemony, Sin, the True self, and Some Training

Sometimes when I run a word pops into my head. I end up thinking about that word the entire run; sometimes the entire week. I just keep churning it around in my mind. I’ll use it in a sentence. Play with its cognates. Hear myself saying (in my head; I don’t actually say it out

Last 20 Mile Run, First Sunday of Lent

Last 50 mile week before the LA Marathon; last 20 mile run before the race; not quite at the taper, but getting close. I must admit I’m ready for the taper. My legs have been tired. Sunday’s 20 mile run was difficult. Mostly, I think, because of the rain. For the last two hours I

The Gift

This week was an easy week. Mostly short runs; twelve miles on Sunday. Got a couple of good rides in as well. All in all, a nice recovery. I’m ready for one more long week, one more final push before the race. But that is only part of this past week’s story. I did get

Long Runs, Love, and My Unfulfilled Self

Week 11 of the training plan is finished. It was a 50 miles week. Sunday’s long run was 20 miles. I have never run that far in my life. It actually felt pretty good. Last week’s 19 miles killed me. This week I was tired (it was 20 miles), but also felt strong the whole

Orientation

Only 62 more days until the LA Marathon. This week I finished week 9 of 18 in the training plan that I have been following. Half way there. It was a rest week—sort of. Sunday was a half marathon (unofficial), but the rest of the week had plenty of rest. Three days off from running,

Age, Fragile Flesh, and the Incarnation

Last week was an easy week. All my runs felt well within my limits. I never once felt like I overextended myself. Over all, it felt like a good recovery time and I was ready to attack this week. But somewhere between the finish of Sunday’s 10 miles and Tuesday’s 4 miles, my left calf

Possibilities, Hope, and Morning Runs

Every two weeks we have an easy week. For two weeks we build miles, and then on the third we recover. Or at least that how it goes until our long run gets to 20 miles. At that point we alternate weeks—long, easy, long, etc. The easy weeks with less miles are as important (maybe

Making the Most Intense Effort

More rain this week. Fortunately, it came on Friday which was our day off, so we have been staying dry on our runs… so far. It does look like we might be in a bit of rainy pattern for the next week or so. We’ll have to wait and see if our luck holds. I