January 9th, 2006 I heard the crowd just when I saw the 0.2 mile marker. My quads burned with every step, my left knee felt like it had been hit with a hammer, my hips seemed to have aged 50 years within the last 26 miles–despite all this, my excitement started to grow. I start to [...][...]
Archive for the ‘Running’ Category
Reliving the past, livejournal style
My post-marathon writeup, circa October 2005: Well, I still can’t stand up or sit down properly, or go up or down stairs very effectively, but I did it! I ran a marathon! I woke up at 5am yesterday, left the house at 6:15, and the race began at 7am. I went out way too fast (finished the [...][...]
June 3rd, 2008 - 9:40 pm § in Running
Still running…
Wow, looks like I’m sticking with the whole running twice a week thing. It’s a strange thing: 80% of me is totally fit and saying “hey, let’s go! This is easy! 30 minutes, I could go all day!” And then 20% of me, namely all those muscles that stabilize everything while [...]
May 28th, 2008 - 9:46 pm § in Running
Running again
Last week I again attempted to run. The prescription was 1 minute on, 1 minute off, for 15 minutes. I didn’t so much stick to the minute part (more like :30 on, :45 off, 1 min on, 3 off…etc), but after 30 minutes I was so done. My legs hurt in all kinds of weird [...][...]
Week suck
Well, I did get out and ride pretty darn hard on Tuesday night. In fact, once we crested Skyline at a vomit-inducing pace, my legs were pretty much completely fried and I had to limp home. Usually I’m not like that, so I figured I must still be achey from that killer race on Sunday. [...][...]
Swimmin again
Last night I joined the Portland Triathlon Club for their season opener: swim workout at Dishman community center. Looks like I’ll be joining the club another year, and I’ll just see what happens. The workout went well, I felt really strong, despite not swimming at all the last few weeks[...]
More on Running and IT Band fun good times
I went on a run this past Saturday–I didn’t post about it because I was too frustrated. I went to Forest Park. Wildwood. It was fairly cold, windy, a bit rainy, but I didn’t care, because I hadn’t run on a trail in a long time. I love the freedom from the treadmill: savoring [...]
October 5th, 2007 - 7:28 am § in Running
Tryon Creek kills me again
I went out for an hour-long run-walk (sprint up the hills, walk the downhills, meander the flats) in Tryon Creek State Park last night; oy. Hadn’t run in a while; I sprinted up all the really steep climbs (of which there are many). I think there were a few times I almost died; each [...][...]
Pittock Mansion and Molalla MTB
Saturday Since I went out late Friday night and slept in a bit on Sat morning, I bagged the race and went for a run/hike in forest park. I just did Wildwood starting at the Arboretum. I actually ended up going a little under 6 miles in about an hour 10, which I was pretty amazed [...][...]
All things not biking
I swam on Tuesday, I was going to swim for about an hour then do some weight training, but I ended up swimming for like an hour & 20 minutes, so I decided to not do the weight training thing. It was awesome, I felt really good, even though I hadn’t swam in a week [...][...]
