Yes, it is inevitable. I got sick this winter. Full on continuously running nose, sore throat… the works. I took Tuesday off since I was planning on running inside and didn’t feel like making it worse breathing indoor track air. But I have since given up on not running because of this and have two [...]
By Shaw | January 26, 2009
I figure it is violating some sort of rule to post twice consecutively, but here it is. I ran 10 mins tempo today after 15 mins warmup. My guess around 6:30. My only annoyance is that it took me 50 mins to get out of the door. I need people to practice with people. I [...]
By Shaw | January 18, 2009
Yes, Austin barely dipped below 40 degrees this week. Yes, it’s a sunny 70 right now. Yes, life feels like a bright Hank Williams tune as things have been low and lazy here (school starts tuesday). However, every time I am asked how happy I am to be living in TX rather than the shit [...]
By Pike | January 17, 2009
Of course, that doesn’t matter since I’ve been running on a treadmill, but it makes me unhappy when its below zero out. I would really rather run outside. Then I could have good stories about things that happened. Not a lot of interesting things happen in my basement.
Yesterday was another easy 5 and today was [...]
No I didn’t go and do a speed workout while on the indoor track yesterday. Although I’m sure my body felt like it wanted to because every time I step on an indoor track I can’t seem to go 7 minute pace for very long without speeding up. Yesterday’s 5 miles on the indoor track [...]
You may be wondering, “How is the winter going in MN?” Well this week should be one of the coldest with Tuesday-Friday looking like mostly well below zero F. Your obvious next question would be, “Is Stanley still running outside?” And this is where I have an easy answer… HECK NO! Through last winter and [...]
By Morse | January 12, 2009
Double post today as yesterday I trucked through a solid 5.5-6. We’ll call it 5.5. Things are pretty boring at the moment. Just trying to log those miles. Brad Walsh (Obie Alum) was in town on saturday and as always it was great to see a fellow Obie. While I never ran with Brad in [...]
By Pike | January 11, 2009
I didn’t set any mileage goals for the year. Maybe I should have, but I feel like I would probably just disappoint myself, and all of you. Instead I’m going with the more free form (clearly more Oberlin touchy-feely) goal of ‘exercising regularly.’ At this point I’m doing pretty well; 7/11 days this year so [...]
By Morse | January 10, 2009
There is a canyon by my house that I swear all of Los Angeles comes to hike every Saturday morning. The downside is that it is crowded. The upside is that the area is flooded with fly kit kat and …well there is no and. Today was perfect running weather. Warm and sunny. I trucked [...]
Let’s say you have two friends named Andrew (Higgins) and Margaret (…). They have been romantically involved for two years, and the relationship has always been good. Suddenly Andrew calls you on he phone and sadly mutters, “Margaret broke up with me.” You ask why this happened. Andrew says, “She thinks I cheated on her.” [...]