Before I read Pike’s “scathing” comment this morning (yes I haven’t been frequenting the site like I should), I had already decided to post, and try and catch you guys up on what is going on with me. This is because on my 11 mile long run today I saw my first albino squirrel since [...]
By Shaw | September 27, 2008
Hey guys,
I haven’t said anything about my marathon relay from last weekend. Our team, CAN WE TAKE THE HEAT, had quite a showing. I was given the Livestrong Bracelet (=baton in TX) in about 10th place over all. I went out easy because I far from anyone to run with. By a the Capital I [...]
By Morse | September 23, 2008
Is that a phrase up above? Well we’ll see. (Wait for it). So Pike in all honesty, you’re looking at me and I’m saying…fuck I have nothing interesting to write about. Had some spotty training, nothing too big happened. 4 miles 5 days a week, nothing to write home about. Well until now. Things having [...]
Despite my gung-ho attitude of last week, I only ran twice, for a total of 12 miles or something, but I’m still hoping for the best. Yesterday I ran about 6, so I’m well on my way to equaling last week’s total. But, in more exciting news, I bought my first ever drop bar bike. [...]
Howdy, gents. I’m coming up on my 8k this week, and the fragility of my legs is terrifying me. Weekend before last I missed 4 days of running in a row, due to a baseball trip down the East coast and subsequent sickness. So I stupidly crammed 24 miles (that’s a week of running for [...]
By Pike | September 16, 2008
So the last week was spotty for me too. Yay for us. The saturday before last I did a tempo run and it went great (out 23 minutes easy, back over the same course in 19) and I felt good the next day. Then I didn’t run again until Sunday. I have no excuse, but [...]
I am once again in the beginnings of race week, but this time, I am running a marathon relay. My leg is 11.2k and if our team goes sub 2, we get $100,000. Given we have two women, I’m looking for a time of about -20:00. After a few 35-40 mile weeks with soccer and [...]
By Morse | September 13, 2008
For as many injuries as I’ve had in my life, not once have my hamstrings ever given me anything besides awesomeness. Granted they aren’t always as stretchable as I’d like them to be, but they have never hurt. Until thursday. I don’t know if it was my increase in hill running or if it was [...]
By Morse | September 9, 2008
After a spotty two weeks ( I was hitting 4-5 miles a day 5 days a week) I’m back on schedule. My office is all moved and settled in so I’m back to a normal routine. Ran around 4-4.5 at a pretty decent clip. Continuing to see large leaps in my ability to do simple [...]
On my new favorite run, Balcones Cojones, I was chugging down a hill when sense someone coming up on me. My glance confirmed it, a lean 30-something was bearing down on me. A different time, a different mood, I might have put the hammer down and dropped his sorry ass, but since he had caught [...]