Last year, I ran a local half-marathon event which was relatively small (300+ runners). Angela, having work conflicts, didn’t run any formal event, but did run 13.1 miles with me on what was dubbed the First Annual Angela Dyer Birthday Half-Marathon, which actually took place last Labor Day (e.g. – not her birthday). This year,… Continue reading VA Beach Rock n Roll Half Marathon
Category: Running
Talking about putting one foot in front of the other.
On The Move
Well, first, I honestly feel like I owe the world an apology for not writing more. It has been insanely busy the past week at work for a variety of reasons I’m not going to go into, mainly becuase I’m not at work now and I don’t want to think about it. I’ve got some… Continue reading On The Move
Like Living In An Oven
Well, it’s around 5:30 pm here in Richmond, and it’s still 100° outside. I haven’t been posting much at all here or even to Flickr in the past few weeks. I wish I had a good excuse, but for right now, I’m just going to say that it’s because my brain is melting. I’ve been… Continue reading Like Living In An Oven
Google Search Anomoly
Now here’s something really weird. I read about the fitness tracking site WeEndure a couple of weeks ago on Lifehacker and signed up for an account. I’ve been using it regularly. I just happened to do a google search for weendure to see if there were any other articles on the site (I am in… Continue reading Google Search Anomoly
Back In The Saddle (Sore)
Angela convinced me that we absolutely needed to do the marathon training team again this year. It would be difficult for me to put down in one post just how much we learned doing this last year. In short, we went from people who go jogging occasionally to runners. Here would be my top list… Continue reading Back In The Saddle (Sore)
Running a Successful Failure
I finally finished reading the last 20 pages or so of Dallas Smith’s Falling Forward: Tales from an Endurance Saga on Friday night. This should have been perfect timing, as Angela and I were to run the Monument Avenue 10k the very following morning. Dallas’1 book is loaded not just with stories of his 100mi./100mi./50mi.… Continue reading Running a Successful Failure
Still Running
This morning I ran my first race since Thanksgiving. Sad to say, I haven’t kept up my (self-)promise to run at least one race every month of the year, as I didn’t do any last month. What’s worse, I really didn’t run much at all last month. Well, Angela and I have at least started the… Continue reading Still Running
Running The Marathon
My mind, in a matter of seconds, retraced the route I had just been on. Sure enough, I had just run a marathon.
Marathon? Check.
Well, Angela and I both completed the Richmond Marathon this afternoon. We both finished in (nearly) our goal times; Angela a little bit faster and me just a hair slower. However, the important part is that we finished. After running, we cheered on some of the last folks coming across the finish line and then… Continue reading Marathon? Check.
Marathon Preparedness
Marathon Preparedness Originally uploaded by super_structure. Well, Angela and I are as ready as we’ll ever be. In less than ten hours, we’ll be on the way to running 26.2 miles. It’s been a long time coming (well, six months) and we are ready for it. We went to the pre-race pasta dinner put on at… Continue reading Marathon Preparedness