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Race Weekend
This weather is funky. Not too many other words to describe it. But that is Louisiana for you. Give it a few minutes and it will change by 30 to 40 degrees. This weekend I will be doing two races. The Thunderbird Moonlight Trail 6K(4 miles) on Saturday night and…
Ides of December
Beware the Ides of December. That really doesn’t sound like the correct quote. Oh well, after I had to read the part of Brutus in 8th grade I have never liked Julius Caesar. Being shy and reading out loud never did go well together. But we are halfway through the…
Revision Number Seven
I posted a question on the Facebook page concerning the “Ask the Ultrarunner” segment on the Endurance Planet Podcast. My question went something like this: Hi. I’m stupid. I am training for a 100 mile run but I hurt my fibula. I took off 2 weeks and now I want…
Censored
There are some things that we just should not look at. Like when you see a horrible accident and find it hard to look away. You know the potential for seeing something so gruesome that you will be scarred for life is real, but yet you still look. I guess it is that same fascination that takes us to horror movies full of blood and gore.
No More Barbies
I’ve reached my fill of this sissy stuff. I have been babying my leg so much that I might as well break out Lara’s Barbies and have a tea party! Enough is enough. As I headed out for my walk/run tonight at Crawfish Aquatics, I started with my usual 5…
The Crevasse
I have been trying to figure out a good analogy for where I am right now. And I finally came to the conclusion that the bottom of a crevasse is good enough. At first I was thinking I was at the bottom of a hill with a long uphill battle…
Slower means Colder
I went for another test run this afternoon and verified something I had already presumed: the slower you go in cold weather the colder you will be. I headed out about an hour before sunset and the weather seemed okay. At least it would have been okay if I were…
Shopping Extravaganza
It seems like every day there is another package at our door. Of course, with Christmas rapidly approaching you might assume that these boxes contain presents for my dear family and friends. Or not. The ones I am looking for contain new headlamps, trail running socks, ginger candies (for stomach…
Wrong Answer
On Tuesday, I was talking with a friend at work about my running and injury. I was explaining to her that I was going to do a test run that afternoon to see how it felt. She asked how it was feeling right then and I gave her one of…