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

12,235 Calories

According to MapMyRun I burned 12,235 calories exercising last week. That’s a lot of calories. Of course, I realize that this is far from totally accurate. But still… it’s pretty good. For most of the week I felt pretty good. I got two good rides in early in the week. Saturday’s ‘pace’ run was really

Water. Hope. Life.

January was a good month. I ran just over 176 miles. Feel pretty good about that. This past week was a cut back week, a rest week. I think I needed it. I was starting to slog. Saturday was a ‘pace’ run; I ended up running a little under pace. I may have paid for

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

Taking Account

I think this post will be a short one. The week was pretty good. I felt good on all the runs. But then came Sunday. I really felt it! At about mile 15 I knew I was going to be struggling at the end, and I was—big time. I was pretty wasted for the rest

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,