It was by far the worst Metric Century I’ve had of the three I’ve done in the last three years, even though my moving numbers were fine. My training–for cycling, anyway–was not. A week and a half after falling and injuring my right knee, worrying about some family issues and needing to meet friends to […]
It was better than either of my previous Ford Islands, but not the best 10K I’ve run. It was a beautiful day, I ran the whole way through, I made one pit stop to tackle two tasks: tying a loose shoelace and using the bathroom, and I lost a few seconds there. In the end, […]
Not the time of year, but what happened to me on my Wednesday evening run. Just a few tenths of a mile into a three mile run I fell for the first time I can remember. My right knee and phone took the brunt of the impact, both with more scratches than I’d like to […]
I’m slipping. It’s been an eventful week for me and I’m behind in my workouts–and I’m feeling more and more tired, maybe because I’ve been trying to cut back on my caffeine intake. I’m running on Wednesday for sure, and again on Thursday. I have a 10K on Saturday that I feel undertrained for. And […]
I’ve been desperately trying to get some training in, particularly for the Haleiwa Metric Century. It’s not been going as well as I want, although I have high hopes. The metric is in less than two weeks and I have yet to do any ride over half its length this year. That ends this weekend […]
I’m running out of time. It’s essentially April and I have several events this month, starting with Saturday’s Ford Island Bridge Run. This’ll be my third year in a row of running this particular 10K. It’s a lollipop course that starts downhill–and ends uphill. In the meantime I’ve not been training like I want to, […]
I’m recovered, mostly. It was tough to get through the Great Aloha Run the way I did–even walking part of the way–but it wasn’t so tough to just try to recover by resting and working out more passively with more cycling. And maybe swimming depending on how the week goes. Running has been rewarding in […]
I’m tired and sore. The Great Aloha Run on Monday following a hike and bike ride on Sunday (and a bike ride alone on Saturday) took a lot out of me. That said, I’m pretty pleased with my results. To drop over a minute and a half per mile from my previous best time tells […]
The Great Aloha Run is the longest race I’ve done on a regular basis. This year’s edition marked my fourth GAR; I’ve only done two Honolulu Marathons and I’ve not done any other running event more than twice (although I plan to do the Ford Island Bridge Run for a third time in April). One […]
With the Great Aloha Run nearly upon us, I’m winding up my training and resting a bit before the big event. Today’s run was the first in awhile and was relatively slow and easy. I have a longer run on Thursday night and a short quick one on Saturday. The big day is Monday! [ad#Google […]