Happy new year!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Symmetry
When you're 7 going on 8, you visit the doctor, get a shot, and get a sucker.
When you're 48 going on 49, you visit the doctor, get a prostate exam, and get a Viagra sample.
Training for The Cowtown is going well. Hopefully, I will post a chart soon.
When you're 48 going on 49, you visit the doctor, get a prostate exam, and get a Viagra sample.
Training for The Cowtown is going well. Hopefully, I will post a chart soon.
Monday, October 5, 2009
DNF - Marathon, Australia, and Marriage
This time last year I had flown to Anchorage for work before flying to Melbourne for a meeting and, while I was there, run a marathon and have a vacation of a lifetime. If you read my training report from September and October, it should be clear that I was not ready to run a marathon. My training was suitable for about 18 miles.
During the 2008 Melbourne Marathon, I managed to run 30km, or 18.6 miles before I slowed to a walk and finally stopped. DNF - did not finish. I caught a ride back to the cricket stadium. I trained to run 18 miles, and I ran 18 miles. I didn't respect the distance.
While in Australia, Deborah and I visited Melbourne, Adelaide, the Barossa Valley, Lizard Island, and Sydney. If I had it to do over again, I would spend the majority of my time in Sydney. Overall, the trip was disappointing. A DNF across the continent.
The race report has been delayed while I got over both a marathon and Australian DNF. I'm still not over it.
The trip had been planned for months. Initially, it was supposed to be a honeymoon, but Deborah and I didn't get married. Except for the marathon, it was also supposed to be a romantic trip - wine country tours, a romantic exclusive island resort, a little nude sunbathing, making love on the beach, etc. Didn't quite work out as planned.
I envisioned thinking about our fantasy island vacation for years, and I still think about it, but not in a "hey, that was cool" kind of way.
It took a year to write about it, but life goes on, and I'm ready for what's next. And what's next is the Cowtown Marathon on February 28, 2010. I couldn't stop with that Melbourne disaster, so I'm going to run another marathon. (Aside: I was supposed to run a fall marathon, but I broke my left foot in June.) I'm into week 3 of my 16 week training schedule, and all is well. I'm too old and heavy, but I could have said that every year since 2001. If I can manage to get in my long runs in January and February, I'll run the Cowtown.
My next post won't take a year.
During the 2008 Melbourne Marathon, I managed to run 30km, or 18.6 miles before I slowed to a walk and finally stopped. DNF - did not finish. I caught a ride back to the cricket stadium. I trained to run 18 miles, and I ran 18 miles. I didn't respect the distance.
While in Australia, Deborah and I visited Melbourne, Adelaide, the Barossa Valley, Lizard Island, and Sydney. If I had it to do over again, I would spend the majority of my time in Sydney. Overall, the trip was disappointing. A DNF across the continent.
The race report has been delayed while I got over both a marathon and Australian DNF. I'm still not over it.
The trip had been planned for months. Initially, it was supposed to be a honeymoon, but Deborah and I didn't get married. Except for the marathon, it was also supposed to be a romantic trip - wine country tours, a romantic exclusive island resort, a little nude sunbathing, making love on the beach, etc. Didn't quite work out as planned.
I envisioned thinking about our fantasy island vacation for years, and I still think about it, but not in a "hey, that was cool" kind of way.
It took a year to write about it, but life goes on, and I'm ready for what's next. And what's next is the Cowtown Marathon on February 28, 2010. I couldn't stop with that Melbourne disaster, so I'm going to run another marathon. (Aside: I was supposed to run a fall marathon, but I broke my left foot in June.) I'm into week 3 of my 16 week training schedule, and all is well. I'm too old and heavy, but I could have said that every year since 2001. If I can manage to get in my long runs in January and February, I'll run the Cowtown.
My next post won't take a year.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It's On
Sitting in the floor at LAX waiting to board Qantas for Melbourne. The long runs and 5 day taper are complete. Nothing left to do but run 26.2 miles on Sunday. Deborah will be with me and cheering me on to a PR. This should be fun.
Monday, September 22, 2008
August Sucked
Let's see...
Marathon training hit a few snags. After a 13.57 mile long run the week of 4-10 AUG, my legs were so sore that I had trouble walking. The next week, I completed a single 6-mile run. The next week, I completed a single 5.44 mile run.
Doubt about Melbourne began to creep into my thoughts.
Sometimes I HATE being 47 and 240 lbs.
The next week (25-31 AUG), I said "f_ck it, I'm running." I managed 28.42 miles for the week with a 11.65 mile long run on Friday.
On Sunday, my ankle was so swollen, I couldn't walk. Damn!
Serious doubt about Melbourne began to creep into my thoughts.
I was down to 5 weeks with no long runs over 14 miles. I thought, "what the hell. If I'm going down, I'm going down running." So the week of 8-14 SEP I managed 10.13 miles with a 6.13 mile long run.
And, I put the whole Melbourne Marathon running decision on last weeks training. The result? On Monday, I ran 14.01 miles. On Wednesday, 6.13 miles. On Thursday, 3.5 miles. And on Saturday, 16.21 miles.
I'm going to run the Melbourne Marathon. I may miss my 4 hour goal (again), but I'll be there with my big ass shoes laced up and ready to run.
Today, I ran 6.25 miles in 1:02:00. A 4:20 marathon pace if I can do it for 26.2 miles. My PR is 4:16:23. A new PR in Melbourne? Why the hell not? August sucked, September's looking better, but October may be the jewel at 47 and 240 lbs.
Marathon training hit a few snags. After a 13.57 mile long run the week of 4-10 AUG, my legs were so sore that I had trouble walking. The next week, I completed a single 6-mile run. The next week, I completed a single 5.44 mile run.
Doubt about Melbourne began to creep into my thoughts.
Sometimes I HATE being 47 and 240 lbs.
The next week (25-31 AUG), I said "f_ck it, I'm running." I managed 28.42 miles for the week with a 11.65 mile long run on Friday.
On Sunday, my ankle was so swollen, I couldn't walk. Damn!
Serious doubt about Melbourne began to creep into my thoughts.
I was down to 5 weeks with no long runs over 14 miles. I thought, "what the hell. If I'm going down, I'm going down running." So the week of 8-14 SEP I managed 10.13 miles with a 6.13 mile long run.
And, I put the whole Melbourne Marathon running decision on last weeks training. The result? On Monday, I ran 14.01 miles. On Wednesday, 6.13 miles. On Thursday, 3.5 miles. And on Saturday, 16.21 miles.
I'm going to run the Melbourne Marathon. I may miss my 4 hour goal (again), but I'll be there with my big ass shoes laced up and ready to run.
Today, I ran 6.25 miles in 1:02:00. A 4:20 marathon pace if I can do it for 26.2 miles. My PR is 4:16:23. A new PR in Melbourne? Why the hell not? August sucked, September's looking better, but October may be the jewel at 47 and 240 lbs.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Thinking About Geometry
I managed to run 29.7 miles for week 11 with an 11.88 mile long run that was supposed to be 14 miles. Too damn hot. I only had one gel, which went down at mile 6, and by mile 10, I was running out of steam. Gatorade tasted awful, no water, and friggin hot. So, I made a course adjustment and cut 2.12 miles off the scheduled run. I decided that I needed 4 days off to rest and repair. Today was day 3, and it felt very strange to skip the normal run.
Deborah, my wife-to-be, told me that registration starts this week, and school starts in two weeks. Where did the summer go? It seems like the boys just started swimming and now they are going back to school. Where did June go? What did we do? A few weekends at Elitch Gardens, a movie, and it is over.
I'm working on a new problem, and the geometry is kicking my ass right now. Well, maybe not kicking my ass, but I'm having a little trouble visualizing the problem. It's not an extremely difficult problem, but only a few authors have published any solutions. I'm one of the authors, but I'm trying to formulate a more general solution. Another day or two and it will get worked out. This is when I need to run, that is, when I'm running there is nothing to do but watch for obstacles in my path, compare other booty with my wife-to-be's very fine ass, and think about geometry...
Deborah, my wife-to-be, told me that registration starts this week, and school starts in two weeks. Where did the summer go? It seems like the boys just started swimming and now they are going back to school. Where did June go? What did we do? A few weekends at Elitch Gardens, a movie, and it is over.
I'm working on a new problem, and the geometry is kicking my ass right now. Well, maybe not kicking my ass, but I'm having a little trouble visualizing the problem. It's not an extremely difficult problem, but only a few authors have published any solutions. I'm one of the authors, but I'm trying to formulate a more general solution. Another day or two and it will get worked out. This is when I need to run, that is, when I'm running there is nothing to do but watch for obstacles in my path, compare other booty with my wife-to-be's very fine ass, and think about geometry...
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Intros Forthcoming
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Deborah, Jarrod, Miranda, Justin, and Lexie
David, Miranda, Jarrod, Justin, and Lexie
Family!
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