a barrel of this

It has been an interesting week. On Monday I got an appointment at the Standford Medical Institute which actually isn’t associated with the university of the same name but does work on the track and field team as well as the Nike farm team (i.e. elite atheletes). I have never had any physical therapy before […]

So much for not being injured. My left knee decided to give way entirely today after about 4 miles. I ran a few of those miles on the sandy path along Ocean Beach heading down towards Lake Merced. This was a mistake. After running hills on Friday and through sand today my knee has had […]

My longest run to date wasn’t the best route to pick but it was mostly successful. My knees are definitely sore and will require ice. I’ll probably end up taking a fair amount of ibuprofen today and tomorrow. But, I did it and it is on to 20 miles next weekend. Two hours is a […]

I finally got to run on a track! This was a lot of fun. The track is soft and well maintained. I needed to do 12×400 meters so it was crucial to be able to repeatedly run a short distance uninterrupted. Use of the track at Kezar stadium is often impeded this time of year […]

First run with the new shoes. I tried on a pair of the Asics Gel Kayano XI running shoes at On the Run in the inner Sunset (near Golden Gate Park). The nice folks at this store let you run around the block in as many pairs as you care to test so it is […]

What a beastly run. I had a devil of a time.
Seriously, 8×800m was pretty rough. I did 4 of the reps around the soccer fields in the park and then 2 to get there and 2 to get back to start. The GPS was on metric so I didn’t realize until now that I […]

I bonked! Whee! For the first time in recent memory I just completely ran out of gas. I didn’t eat too well the night before or on the day. German cheese Spatzel and beer for dinner, left overs for lunch. I managed to stagger back to my car where fortunately I had a Luna bar […]

I am officially behind schedule now thanks to my little spill off of the bike. I was supposed to have done 5 miles on Wed. and 15 today but, seeing as how I probably could not have even walked those distances I am going to take this as a fast recovery and victory. I should […]

Back to action after a week off. It was a bit strange running in the park after having raced there last week. I kept wondering, why didn’t they take us this way? The dog leg in the course this year was a little strange but, I suppose the organizers have path size and traffic patterns […]

1 week to go and I had to prove to myself that 13 miles is going to be possible. I’m certain now that it is. This gives me all the confidence back that I had lost by getting sick. I do wish there was more recovery time between this run and next week. My ITBS […]