Category: Navel Gazing
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Losing It
Yesterday, I ran. But only three miles. No real pain and no need to rush things. After that, I spent about forty five minutes on push-ups, pull-ups, handstands, stretches and balance drills. it was low key, and it was fun. Last night was exactly the kind of thing I’m interested in right now. Long term,…
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Race Recap – Hartford Half Marathon
This hasn’t been my best training cycle, but it hasn’t been my worst, either. I got in a decent number of long runs, and some tempo work but my mileage was never consistently very high. In the two weeks before the Hartford Half Marathon, a niggling ache in my right ankle, and work commitments, kept…
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25,000 Hits
Sometime over the weekend, Milo and the Calf received its 25,000th hit. The vast majority of those hits have been to the Boston Qualifying Questionnaire responses with Abe M being the most popular male and Kristy from Run the Long Road being the most popular female. I haven’t added any new entries to the BQ(Q) in some…
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Wanting it
Two days until I race in a 5k in Prospect Park and a little more than a week until the Hartford half marathon. These races cannot come soon enough. I’m going a little crazy here. I’m burnt out on running, and wondering why I feel this obligation to continue a hobby which really isn’t bringing…
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Let’s talk about me.
It’s a Friday in late August and for once, my office is quite. I don’t expect this to last. I actually expect my boss to return from a meeting at any moment and ruin my weekend. But for now, its slow, and I thought I’d reflect on the year so far. My personal life is…
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Some Quick Thoughts On Never Being A Very Good Climber
I’ve resigned myself to never being very good at rock climbing. I’m too old, too fat, and have too little time to devote to the sport to ever climb at a high level. But that’s ok, I still love it. With my schedule, I’m lucky if I can get to the climbing gym once a…
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Race Autopsy – The Brooklyn Half Marathon
I ran an actual honest to god race a couple of weeks ago. It hurt, but in a good way. It wasn’t the best race of my life, but it was better than expected. In the last couple of years, the Brooklyn Half Marathon has gone from a sleepy outer borough race with a few…
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Promises to Myself
It’s always something. Last year, I battled injury after injury, unable to stay healthy for more than a month. I barely cracked a thousand miles for the year. I didn’t race at all. This year, I’ve managed to stay healthy, knock wood, but I’m battling another foe – capitalism. Specifically the manifestation of capitalism that…
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Friday Inspiration – Yurt Dwelling Ultra Runner Fantasies
Ever have one of those months where you’ve spent so much time in the office that you start to forget what the park looks like? Where you’re barely squeezing in a run on a treadmill late at night? And suddenly while you’re eating dinner at your desk you find yourself watching a video of a…
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Today
For the past month my personal projects (i.e. exercise and recreational study) have been in that uncomfortable middle ground of not entirely sucking, but not being very motivating either. I’ve been running, but only about twenty miles a week. I’ve been studying, but only sporadically. I’m doing pushups, pull ups, and handstand training, but not…
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