NOTE: This is a remix of the February 14, 2016 post. Everything looked fine when I published it but certain photos were rendered upside down or askew when I viewed the page on iOS devices. I cannot for the life of me figure out why so I’ve gone back and redone the images and tweaked […]
I knew this was going to happen. Decisions, decisions.
I recently watched the documentary The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014). I first heard about the Barkley run from friends several years ago. When they first started telling me about it I thought, “Oh, I absolutely have to do this!” But the more they told me and the more I later […]
I’m struggling today. After a pretty good showing at the LA Marathon yesterday (a 3:22:20 chip time), I’m in a funk. Part of it is the natural come-down from the adrenaline and endorphin high of running. And part of it is a series of moments and events that have contributed to a general post-race blues. […]
A lot of people have asked me over the years what I think about when I’m running. It depends on the day. Not the answer which is that it depends on the day; I don’t make up different answers for people depending on the person asking. The truth is sometimes I think about a problem […]
A few weeks ago I read a runner’s blog posting on the ever increasing runDisney registration prices. It was a worthy topic, one I agreed with, but I didn’t love the way it was written. Maybe that’s ironic, that I would be judging anyone else’s writing given the posts I’ve done here. But if the […]
Dammit. I had decided not to register for the LA Big 5k official warmup run out at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, February 13, 2016. But as I picked up my LA Marathon packet at the convention center today, the sign up was right there. I’m pretty sure there isn’t a law about predatory racer sign […]
The Los Angeles Marathon has issued the following weather advisory for this weekend: Basically, it’s going to be warm to hot for the run. And the warnings are valid — hydration is always a key to any marathon event, regardless of the temperatures. One of the reasons I try and muddle through training runs (the […]
Inevitably, the prose of these entries fails to meet the aspirational dreams and fantastical beliefs that I’ve crafted the perfect bon mot/insight/tale/”blog post.” I’ve mentioned before the John Ford film The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). It has that famous quote: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The problem with reality is […]
Cross-posted on Facebook today. I’ve been trying not to duplicate too many topics/items on different media platforms but sometimes that’s the best way to go: After several attempts and revisions, these words fail to convey even a fraction of what I’d hoped they would; nonetheless: Karen Hanna is the strongest woman I’ve ever known, full […]