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 »
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 »
I’ve had all sorts of injuries related to running and cycling since I started this endurance junky journey in 2008. Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, bruised ribs, IT Band syndrome, piriformis and soleus pain. Most other people involved in these sports … Read More »
Note: I had written this originally for my running clubs newsletter in December 2013 but was not able to keep the word count close to the required <750. I always loathed running after being constantly forced to do wind … Read More »