There are a couple of things I’ve rarely enjoyed: Uphill and into the wind. Today there was too much of both. My 16 mile run was on the usual rolling terrain but had the added attraction of wind. Not just a little wind. 20-25 MPH of headwind for the first 9 miles. By the time I had the tailwind, I felt as though I had been beaten into submission. BUT, it’s… Read More »Mostly Boring, But One Cool Thing…
After an amazingly good running week, I thought I would save the best for the end. I thought, somewhere in my twisted mind, that it would be a good idea to run Magnolia Road today. And to make things worse, I decided to run from the West end. I say worse because West to East means UPhill on the way back. Maybe not my best decision. Nonetheless, the decision was… Read More »Ouch! And where was Jenny?
It’s been two weeks since I last wrote about this running thing. All in all, I won’t complain (notice I said won’t, not can’t). After 50 miles two weeks in a row, I logged 55 this week. That was equal to my best week in all of 2017 and it was pretty much uneventful. My knee sits consistently at a 2 on the 10 scale of pain. That would come… Read More »Holding Back?
So maybe, just maybe, we turned the corner last week. First off, it was a 50 mile week. I haven’t had one of those since October of last year and actually only had 6 weeks in all of last year at 50+. Next, a 13 mile run on Saturday. 13 isn’t 18 or 20 or more, but it’s a long run for now and since the word “long” is relative… Read More »Turning the Corner?
Well, long story short, I ran 45 miles this week. It’s not the 50 I was planning on but frankly, I’m pretty okay wth it. It was a week of 5 and 6 mile runs mostly with a 10 thrown in yesterday. It was the ten, that defined the week.I did the usual thing I do in the morning looking out the window at a nearby flag to see how… Read More »Wind, Woods, Emerson
Those of you who frequent this blog offering vividly remember my run with Jenny Simpson (grossly exaggerated). You can find it at http://runspittle.blogspot.com/2016/03/magnolia-road-lives-up-to-its.html . Well this morning, even more grossly exaggerated, was my run with marathon G.O.A.T. Eliud Kipchoge. I say MORE grossly because at least Jenny was on the same road as me….. like, IN PERSON. My run with Eliud was a dabbling into the Nike Run App and an audio run.First… Read More »My Run With Eliud Kipchoge (grossly exaggerated)
My frustration with this running thing is getting to be a pretty consistent thing. I literally had nothing to write a week ago and am merely faking it today. The two weeks have been 41 and 37 miles and while I suppose I should be happy to have run everyday, I’m pretty discouraged. Feel like a fish out of water.Also: am NOT a whiner. So done here.Run on.
The real long road of running WOW! Another crappy running week. 34 miles. No long run. No tempoish run. Not much fun. Too many runs in the dark. The culprit? Work.Work? Yep, work. In case you don’t know, I train/teach/facilitate/instruct sales courses (mostly real estate, but other industries too). I’ve really only ever done two things in my work life; teaching and real estate. When I am working, it usually means… Read More »If You Thought Last Week Sucked…..
It has been a moderately crappy/busy/uneventful week. Not in all aspects, by the way, mostly just in the running arena. On the whole, life is great and I am extremely work busy. That is a good thing. When I am busy, it usually means I’m traveling. If I’m not cross country traveling, it’s metro Denver traveling. Frankly, that’s the worst kind. Flying somewhere and scheduling runs on the road is, for… Read More »Snow Day? No Way! AND….. a Lousy/Busy Week AND…. The Return of the CAT
T-minus fifteen weeks until the Eugene Marathon and I have to say that this week has created a more hopeful attitude about the journey ahead. While it was far from a perfect week, it has ended on a high note and for that I am thankful. Yesterday (Saturday) I ran 10 miles. I wasn’t supposed to, theoretically it was scheduled as an 8 mile run. But I just felt so darned good… Read More »T Minus 15: BORING!