The adventures of an aging pretend athlete
A few days after I finished The Leadman series I was asked to write an article for our runners club monthly newsletter. Mind you, there is a 750 word limit and I told the requester there was no way I … Read More »
My original goal was to use all the bike training from Leadville to build my bike strength so I could get a top 5 finish at Ironman Florida and a chance to qualify for Kona. A few weeks after Leadville … Read More »
I was in a really good place before the race. I completed many rides longer then 100 miles. I did many, but not as many as I wanted to, interval sessions to build my FTP power. I spent a lot … Read More »
Bear with me on getting caught up on my adventures. I had started several posts and never finished them so I will now attempt to get caught up quickly. This post was originally drafted before the race happened so I … Read More »
Background Years ago in my heavy and out of shape days I attended both Race Across the Sky screenings at movie theaters in Houston on separate business trips. Not sure if it was a coincidence Houston is one of the … Read More »
The Taper So traditionally when you ramp down your training miles before a marathon you tend to go a little crazy. You think you are losing fitness because you aren’t running enough and you start noticing little pains and worry … Read More »
The Peak After living on cloud 9 for a week after Chattanooga I might have tried to come back a bit too soon and did not heed the 2 week recovery time rule. I ran 8 and 13 miles the … Read More »
The Build So I had built all this running aerobic base leading into Rocky 50 and had added more intensity to my running workouts after Rocky 50. I had cut back on my weekly mileage fairly significantly moving from … Read More »
Why am I posting again? A friend congratulated me on my Houston Marathon performance the other day at the gym. She is an awesome runner who has had a nerve injury that has progressively gotten worse and prevented her from … Read More »
Saturday night before the race I think I was the last, of the four old guys relegated to the upstairs loft, to go to bed. The loft reminded me of the seven dwarfs, four single beds (not seven like … Read More »