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
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.