If you couldn't tell, I was quite uneasy going into the half marathon. It wasn't that I hadn't covered the training mileage; it was the fact that the quality of my training felt piss-poor. When the weather forecast changed from cloudy to rainy and … [Continue reading]
I dug out my official 2011 Boston Marathon shirt this morning and tried it on just to feel something. I can't say exactly what I needed to feel. Connection, maybe. It's marathon weekend in Boston with Marathon Monday just a few days away. Every year, … [Continue reading]
How is it that another year has passed us by? Okay, okay. Maybe I am exaggerating. It hasn't "passed us by"; it has just plowed through and dragged us along for the ride. That's how it seems, some days. In October, I started to write a post after … [Continue reading]
It's hard to believe that nearly a month has passed since I got stung by the wasp. The puncture site did get infected and, as a result, my leg endured a mild celulitus. Thankfully, my doctor prescribed a course of antibotics right away. My leg is … [Continue reading]
Nearly 2 miles into my 4-mile run, I was starting to "shake out" the lingering discomfort from Saturday's hilly long run. Suddenly, I was stopped in my tracks by a sharp stinging sensation in the crook of my right knee. I looked down to fina a black … [Continue reading]