Health/Fitness
I completed my longest training run before the marathon today. I managed 20.25 miles at 9:41 minutes per mile. Slower than I’d like to run in the marathon, but faster than I had planned today and that included a large number of interruptions. Traffic lights, crosswalks, traffic and even a train slowed me down a […]
Nine weeks ago last Sunday I started training for the Austin Marathon in earnest. I’ve made it this far without any major injuries and with only a few minor ones (sore knees, small muscle pulls). I’m at the halfway point time wise, but still have the majority of my planned training miles to go. I’ve […]
Picture little girls in braids jumping rope on the sidewalk with friends. Doubledutch, crisscrosses, little rhymes. Giggling and laughter, a summer afternoon enjoyed by all. I wish I could jump rope like a little girl. Instead I jump rope like an old man. Poorly. My training routine for the marathon calls for Sunday cross training. […]
Today we had the lowest humidity Austin has seen since one day in the middle of April. The average humidity today was 42 percent. That felt so good. I ran and the sweat, get this, evaporated off of me. I know. I know. Crazy, huh? It was still 88 F, but felt so much better […]
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