The Tao of Me

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 [...]

…So says one of my Daily Mile friends and let’s hoping it is because I am still in pain.
I guess I was naive to think I would not be this sore after the race. During this training period I was brave enough to start taking ice baths which seemed to be the cure-all for post-run [...]

I did a 12-mile run this weekend, the last long one before Vegas.

The Night Before…

I was hurting from Thursday’s run. I really wasn’t sure if I could run 12 on Saturday. I did a lot of stretching and rolling and lathered myself in arnica. I decided to see how I felt when I woke up [...]

This past weekend was an all-running weekend for me. I ran a 5K on Saturday and a 9-miler on Sunday.
Mermaid San Francisco 5K
I wasn’t planning on doing any racing leading up to Vegas (in 3 weeks!), but my friend Belina has been doing a Couch-to-5K program and this was going to be her first [...]

It was one of those great weekends where I didn’t really have any plans and just played things by ear. Somewhat productive but still a lot of fat-dog time. My favorite kind of weekend.
I was supposed to run an easy 3 with Belina, in preparation for the 5K Mermaid race in the City next weekend [...]

The Run
Yesterday I ran a 10-miler; the last long run before the big race next Saturday. I started out at 9 am; it was a nice day and the sun was already warming things up. The first two miles and the last two miles are usually the worst.
Things started out tough first mile. I [...]