Jun
26
this week has been a bit of a recovery week. the last 8 weeks have been the highest in terms of volume since i started running. i am feeling very strong and have no aches or pains. 7 weeks of training are left before we board the flights for the return to Colorado. unlike last …
Jun
19
Its taken almost exactly 2 years but as the title suggests I have hit my stride. In June of 2008 I caught running fire and began to seriously think that I could run a full marathon. The increase in milage-5-7k every 2 days from 5-7 a month left me at the end of June with …
Jun
14
Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. Its the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells ‘CAN’T’, but you don’t listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper, ‘can’. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match …
Jun
10
set the bar low enough and you can achieve anything. meet the minimum requirements and pass. be this tall and you can ride this ride. have you learned anything if you just pass, would you be happy if you stopped growing once you were tall enough for the ride? would you really be happy to …
Jun
09
the PM run yesterday was a slog. it was terrible, and i didn’t want to be there for 10miles. in fact it was everything i thought was missing from last years training cycles! anyone can get out and blow through the good times but the hellacious runs are the ones we should really relish, when there done. …
Jun
08
stepping out onto the street this morning at 4:45 am i was by myself but not alone. for some reason this mornings silence was very loud. i could hear and feel everything around me waking and preparing for the rise of the sun, which was just peaking over the Cascades and Mt. Baker. after a …
Jun
05
this morning we shared the Burnaby Lake Trails with the Silent10km run, an event put on for hearing impaired people. the event was low key and simple and those participants we saw looked like they were really enjoying themselves. this got me thinking about what i was doing and the need to keep that simple. …
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