A Running Tour of NYC
Our time in NYC is getting short now. We had our going-away party last night. The movers are coming next Friday; Elizabeth and Charlie are headed to LA Saturday and I’ll be following a few days later. I woke up yesterday to an absolutely beautiful winter morning – cold, definitely, but sunny with bright, crystal…
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I’ll try ANYTHING!
Close up:Even if it involves putting a bunch of suction cups on my hip and ass (maybe that’s especially if it involves a bunch of suction cups on my hip and ass)! It’s called “cupping” and supposedly it helps break up the scar tissue that’s restricting my soft tissue. (I actually tried cupping once before,…
Read MoreBack, and recovering
That trip was EXHAUSTING. I guess I’m not sure what I expected, but I imagined (read: fantasized) that looking for a place to live in LA would be easy. Whatever. It was a long, long 6 days. And involved a lot of driving back and forth and all around to look at places, a fair…
Read MoreBig News!
I have some big news. In 24 days, we’re moving to LA. Yes, we are moving to Los Angeles. The plans have been in the works for months and we’ve slowly been getting everything together, but it’s finally beginning to feel really real. Why now? I guess now, finally, all the pieces are falling into…
Read MoreMonthly Summary – January 2009
Here’s January: Swim: 9,600 yardsCycling (outdoors): 0 milesCycling (indoors): 3:30 (hours)Run: 81.7 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 6 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 24.75 hours Weight: 166 – I feel a bit heavy, but the weight is fine. I think I’ve probably lost a little muscle mass and gained a little fat over the last few months….
Read More4:50am wake-up call
For the past few weeks, Thursday has been my longest scheduled training day of the week. A 50+ minute swim and a 45 minute run/walk. Coach John probably intends for me to split it up and do one session in the morning and one in the evening. But for various reasons, my Thursday evenings have…
Read MoreOn the other hand…
I did run three pain-free miles this morning and feel pretty good today. I’m also healthy, married to a beautiful woman, have a job, a kick-ass dog and some big life-plans in the making. And I’m complaining? Man. I need a swift kick in the head. I’m f-ing moody these days… you’d better watch out.Treadmill…
Read MoreThe Motions
“The Motions” as in “Going through them” Training is coming along OK. I’ve been keeping up with the blog – I dutifully update the tables on the right every day – but I haven’t been posting very often. My physical training and my psychological mind-set are in a weird place right now, which definitely affect…
Read MoreBrrrr!
It’s supposed to be warm in Austin, right? Well, not this weekend. I mean, it’s certainly warmer than NYC, but mid-60’s during the day and mid-30’s at night isn’t what I really expected. And yesterday I don’t think it got warmer than low-50’s. It is better than 12 or 17 or whatever it is today…
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Yee-haw!
Today was freezing cold in New York and tomorrow’s supposed to be worse. Thankfully, first thing in the morning I’m jumping on a plane to head down to Austin, Texas for Tad and Carrie’s wedding and a weekend of warmer weather, time with good friends and probably/hopefully a little too much fun. I’m going to…
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