Big (Slightly Less Fat) Sissy
The official training schedule called for a TEN mile run today. I’ve had the schedule in front of me for two weeks, so I knew it was coming. But after the Peachtree, last week, I wasn’t feeling too hot about ten miles. I hit the Silver Comet Trail at dusk. Me and my broken Garmin band left the […]
Another Brick, Another Day
The Expert and I went on a brick mission today: thirty-four mile bike ride and a three mile run. Oh, and ah-ha! Took the TMAT Pro for its maiden voyage today. Made the Expert try it out too. He said the TMAT officially made me block the entire transition area, keeping him from accessing his stuff. […]
Peachtree Road Race 2011
Today was my first Peachtree Road Race. Apparently, I could not call myself an Atlantian until I ran the Peachtree. Well, guess I officially live in the ATL now. Atlanta is hot. Understatement of the century. And this race was H-O-T. Hot hot hot hot. Hot. I met Mountain Goat at her condo in Midtown […]
Brick Laying
Today was my first brick since before St. Anthony’s….and lawd, was it was obvious. Now, I didn’t start out in the best of conditions – last night, we had a couple of people over (i.e., a little too much to drink..), and I woke up feeling the drums in my head. Not big huge drums, but […]
Another Eight is Great
I had an eight mile run on my plate this morning. I wanted to squeeze this in before work, so I was staring at CNN on the treadmill by 5:45. Usually, I can truck along at a 12:00 per mile pace and keep my heartrate pretty low. I have no idea what was going on […]
8 Mile, Part Deux
Today was the second time in my life I ran 8 miles. This time, I had no gastro-intestinal distress (thank God), and I did the run on the DreadMill instead of a park. Well. Instead of gastro distress, I had knee, hip and hammy distress. At mile 2.5, my IT band was hurting so badly, […]
What?!
Coach Monster put 8 miles on my run schedule for tomorrow. Which begs the questions:1) WHO (surely he didn’t mean me running 8 miles tomorrow….)2) WHAT?!?!3) WHEN am I going to find that “extra” two hours to run (yes, it will take me at least 2 hours…I’m slow, people… where have you been?); and4) WHERE exactly will I […]
I Ate Run for Lunch
So I have officially been back on the training wagon for two (for real) days. Coach Monster has given me the rest of this week to figure myself out, and then I can hear the whip cracking in the distance. Of course, Memorial Day weekend will sure to derail a few days of it […]
St. Anthony’s: Happiness
The race is over. And I am happy, elated and barely able to move my body. The Expert and I both finished, without major incident, and did not finish last. Success! I pulled down an *official* race time of 3:22:34, with the longest T1 time in the history of man. Granted, the race officials did move […]