The sun rises over Lake Mead during my first trail run of 2021, a year full of promise. One day at a time — my 2021 motto The words grate across my eardrums. “We just have to take it one day at a time.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard countless times. In my previous life […]
My 12 days of Christmas Strava segments
Finishing the final run of my 12 days of Strava segments, Christmas Day at Floyd Lamb Park. It’s the final month of 2020. A pandemic has turned the world upside down for most of the year. Finding training motivation has been difficult, and most races have either postponed or cancelled completely. Boston did both. Widespread […]
Nebraska Marathon — time to flush it and move along
Sometimes when a team has a bad game — a 40-point blowout loss or one with a high number of miscues and unforced errors — the head coach will either throw the game tape away or review it with his players and then immediately bury it (physically or metaphorically). Today I’m choosing that approach following a […]
Feeding the mileage monster and finding balance in high mileage running
My “No Days Off” poster from Tracksmith helps me view my training in individual days but also as a whole year block. I had run 10 miles that Monday morning — not bad for me as I worked to come back from the injuries that derailed my training all through 2019. Still, a voice in […]
2020 Carlsbad Marathon — always something to work on
A mile into the 2020 Carlsbad Marathon last Sunday, I had flashbacks to the California International Marathon six weeks earlier. Everything was tight. My right hip/groin/quad were tense, which led to a shorter and uncomfortable stride. “Here we go again,” I thought. That’s the thing about running a marathon — you never know exactly what […]
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