I’m going to summarize 2 months of training runs into a single post, so picture a movie-style training montage, but… at the end of it, I’m running slower than I did at the beginning. So kinda like a training montage run in reverse. It would be completely inaccurate to call it the story of me… Continue reading Training for the Phoenix Marathon
Author: azventurer
Illuminations Half Marathon
Two weeks after running Ragnar Trail, I ran a half marathon. This one wasn’t really by design; I kind of fell into it, and I was really glad I did. One of my friends had pointed it out to me several months earlier. He signed up for it, and I agreed that it looked like… Continue reading Illuminations Half Marathon
Giving Thanks
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, here are a couple of things I am thankful for. First and foremost, in the spirit of this blog, I want to say how profoundly grateful I am to be able to run the way I do. I am free from physical limitations that keep me from running,… Continue reading Giving Thanks
Running and Sleeping in the Desert With Strangers: Ragnar Trail, AZ
Say What? Last weekend (November 7-8), I did something called a Ragnar Trail Relay. I’ve posted a couple of things about it on Facebook, but largely without explanation, so I think most of the people seeing it probably didn’t/don’t know exactly what I was talking about.