Warning: The following constitutes generalizations with a sample size of “not very big”. Medical Doctors, it seems, don’t really want to look at me as a whole anymore. They want to look at “the problem” and fix it. Or try. Or prescribe medication until it fixes itself. I am not interested in that; I need …
Category Archives: Running
Georgia Marathon 2011 – DNF
Today I ran the Georgia Marathon. Exactly 3.8 miles of it. I managed to pull my calf again. I was at the water station at on Auburn avenue when the aching in the calf became a shooting, stabbing pain. I told Jenn to keep on without me and I’d catch the sag wagon back to …
Georgia Marathon
Tomorrow I run the Georgia Marathon. The course map is here (pdf) if you want to come cheer me on. You can figure I’ll cross the start line around 7:10 AM and be maintaining a 12:00 per mile pace (more on that in a second). So, if you happen to be at any location on …
I Ran and I Didn't Die
All evidence to the contrary. 19.0 miles in 3:49. Ugh. My pacing was poor and the last mile and a half were…painful. One month to the race. 14:11 Edit: Apparently I was also salty, as shown by the cat. I went and checked my workout log. The last time I ran this far was for …
Training for the Georgia Marathon
I’ve got some catching up to do. And by catching up, I mean “I’ve got to train enough so I can finish the Georgia Marathon without feeling like I got run over by a truck.” At this stage, I’ve given up on being well enough trained to do well, now I just want to accomplish …
Running without Ego
I have a philosophy that I try to embue in the people around me who are also participating in endurance sports. It is symbolized by the phrase, “Run Without Ego.” What it means is that you should be running/biking/swimming/rowing/whatevering for you, and not for anyone else. The converse to that is that it’s about you, …
Other Interesting Race Timing News
I seem to make it a habit of examining race timings. However, in this case, no real analysis was needed: I think the ATC has messed up some timings from Saturday’s race. I clocked a 26:00 for that race, according to my watch. According to the official race results, I actually ran a 25:40! Usually …
Atlanta Track Club Peachtree City 5k/10k 2011 -and- Injury Update
I ran today with Keith and Jaime the Atlanta Track Club 5k/10k in Peachtree City (we all ran the 5k). I turned in a 26:00 according to my watch and both Keith and Jaime broke their previous PRs. Go us! This race is always fun, and in my experience now, always cold (n=3). It was …
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Injury – Frustration
Last night I attended/worked the Search for the Golden Sprocket, an event sponsored by The Extraordinary Contraptions. I arrived earlier than most of the band and discovered that the primary entrance to the venue was a slick ice death trap. Therefore, I shoveled. Now, I’m sitting on the couch, wondering when I’ll be able to …
Marathon Training Continues
With this week’s snowpocalypse, doing any sort of regularly scheduled training has been difficult. Running on the sidewalks has been impossible (or extremely ill-advised, see this image and this tweet of mine) and until yesterday it was also not advisable to trek out to the gym for indoor treadmill running (or swimming or weight lifting, …