The Tao of Me

Colds
While the worst of my cold has passed, the cough still lingers and I think it will for a while. Yet I was scheduled to run 15 miles, a distance I’ve never run before, but I was confident I’d be able to do it. Running outside in fresh air always seems to clear the lungs.
Though [...]

Today I ran 11 miles in 1:59:16 and felt pretty darn good!
Preparation for today’s run began last night. I stocked my freezer with ice (for a post-run ice bath) and my fridge with ready-made food for lunch. The plan was to spend the evening winding down from the work week and be in bed by [...]

I just woke up from a 2-hour nap, and my evening plans don’t commence for another 2 hours so I thought I’d write a post recapping today’s long run.
I have a process, a ritual if you will, for long runs. I’m sure each runner has one. Here’s mine.
I’m finishing Week 4 of marathon training [...]

Yesterday, on a cloudy, rainy morning, I had a great run in downtown San Francisco with my friend Missy. We’d plan this run about a week and a half ago and I was really looking forward to it. Although I have a few friends who are runners, I don’t really run with them because 1) [...]

* Race clothes? check
* Running shoes? check
* Garmin 310 XT? check
* GU? check
* Back to Nature Dark Chocolate Granola (for breakfast)? check
* Phone charger? check
* Mini foam roller? check
* Arnica, Naproxen, Biofreeze? check, check and check
Looks like I’m all packed and ready to fly out to Vegas tonight. If you’re interested in sharing the experience, [...]

What started out as an evening stroll to get something to eat turned out to be an unplanned, 4+ hours, almost 7-mile excursion. After work, instead of succumbing to the Friday Night Brain Drain, Be and I decided to take a stroll down the Embarcadero and get something to eat. I wore my Garmin [...]

My staycation is over, but it was fun while it lasted. Coming off of last weekend’s race, I was feeling good about the effort and mileage I was building…
(Race photo from last week)
…but was supposed to go out of town this past weekend and wasn’t quite sure how I was going to keep up the [...]