There are two weeks until my half marathon. I’m not really nervous yet. Part of me thinks the idea of running 13 miles at 8 minute pace is ridiculous, and another, hopefully bigger, part of me realizes that it doesn’t really matter. I can go out, and it’ll either go well, or it won’t. H…
I’ve been dealing with knee pain (left) and foot pain (right). Neither are severe, and I’ve been able to run through both without might trouble. It’s only on my longest runs that it’s truly bothersome. I did 14 miles in the snow on Sunday, and it really took something out of me, both physically and…
Ah, Olympics, how much do I love thee? Let me count the ways . . . Favorite moments so far: 1.) Random snowboarder winning the women’s Super-G 2.) The unbelievable skate by Zagitova of OAR in the team competition. I can’t wait to see her in the singles competition. 3.) Watching Shaun White ace his…
I ran the Renton Parkrun this morning and ran a post-college PR by about 25 seconds. I’m delighted to dip under 22 minutes, and I’m obviously happy with a new PR. The conditions were close to ideal, and the course was quite flat. I’d tapered a bit this week, per my half marathon schedule, and…
Alternate blog title: Blogging, a great way to procrastinate from running and other productive activities. So, if you’re a savvy Amazon shopper, no doubt you’ve noticed that Amazon reviews have serious issues these days. I am a person who used to buy the product with the best reviews most of the time, unless it was…
