I’m not getting better, yet. This is “just” a cold, but a cold can be enough to make someone miserable. I’m not miserable, but I’m not all that great. One of the things I’ve decided is that I am not giving myself excuses. Rain, I’m training. Injured, I’m training. Sick, I’m training. So I’m training. […]

I did my first ride of substance since Livestrong Philly today, a 25 mile ride along some very familiar streets. I was a little sick, fighting the start of a cold. Still, it was harder than I imagined it would be, and I was definitely feeling hungry and a little weak. Interestingly, I had just […]

I’m sick. Not really sick, but a cold that’s bothering me, particularly since I’m just getting my training into gear for the Honolulu Marathon. I can’t let that stop me. Sick or not, I went for a 25 mile ride a little while ago, and sick or not, I’m going to do a four mile […]

I’m running. I’m not much of a fan of running, but I’ve been doing it more and more recently since the Honolulu Marathon is coming. This is not to say that the Honolulu Century Ride isn’t coming sooner–it is–but I’m more concerned with my running than my riding. I’m finding that the Garmin Forerunner 305 […]

The Honolulu Century Ride is just a few weeks away and I haven’t been back on the bike since my aborted Livestrong Challenge ride. That changes this week. I’ve been concentrating mostly on running recently because the Honolulu Marathon is also approaching, but I can’t skimp on the riding. I’m off a couple of days […]

This past Thursday was a Twitter Fun Run in Honolulu; my buddy Jenn has already blogged about the run so I won’t go into that. I participated, but I’ve cut down on my running for awhile. Why? To try to avoid injury. That said, as soon as these two centuries are over, I’m going to […]

I’m nervous. I’ve been riding but the long rides have largely escaped me, in part due to weather and in part due to the craziness of the last few work weeks. But I’ve put in a lot of miles and I think I’ll do fine. There’s still a lot of things to do before I […]

My life is not a movie (although sometimes it has tons of drama–like way too much), so my going up to Philadelphia for Livestrong is not for a gold medal. It’s just to do the right thing, to help fight cancer, and to have a great time. I just hope I’ve trained enough. [ad#Google Adsense]

The weather is making me batty. Instead of being able to go on my final training rides in the past few days, the rain has prevented me from doing much in the way of outdoor exercise. It’s enough to drive me crazy. I’m hoping things improve so I can get in at least one or […]

I’m resting, maybe too much. It was such a hard week last week that Saturday I could barely get any exercise in–I was in a catch 22 of feeling so tired and weary I didn’t have the energy to ride, but in order to get more energy, I had to work out. So I finally […]