I spent a little over two hours in the dentist’s chair yesterday afternoon getting a bad filling repaired. They numbed me up, but I could still hear and feel the drilling, the polishing, the picking and pulling. I was all puffy and drooling for the whole afternoon, swallowed most of my sushi lunch [...]
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Back in September, I discovered this big beautiful hill that starts along the Harlem River and peaks at 155th Street. It’s the biggest hill I’ve ever found in the city and also one of the most secluded. Immediately, it became one of my favorites. In fact, more than a favorite, it became a routine. 4 [...] This afternoon, I went and picked up my t-shirt and bib for a race that I won’t be running. The lingering sickness, paired with some very worrisome pain coming out of my right knee the last few runs (think ITBS), are forcing me to sit out tomorrow’s 5 mile race in the park. [...] It’s crazy how you never know when a good run is going to show up. About halfway through Tuesday, I succumbed to some nasty little virus and ever since, I’ve felt like absolute dogshit. I stayed home from the office yesterday and today, saw the doctor, drank two half-gallon jugs of Odwalla Superfood, [...] My return to speedwork this morning was less than stellar. I met up with Antonio and we jogged down to Central Park, both of us feeling lethargic and slow. We decided to continue the jog up Harlem Hill and saved the first of three 1-mile repeats until two miles into our run. [...] This time a week ago, I was feeling pretty damn good. It would have been easy to get too relaxed, too confident after such an unexpectedly good run, but I’ve been trying my hardest to avoid that trap. First off, thank you all for the amazing comments. It was a lot of fun reading them [...] Yesterday’s marathon was, hands down, the best run of my life. I can’t even put into words how good it felt out there. For those of you who didn’t see my ecstatic Facebook post, I finished up the 26.2 in 3:05:14 and hit 74.7 miles for the week — my most ever by [...] I’m in the airport now and feeling a strange combination of feelings. I’m nervous about the marathon, but nothing like it’s been before my “real” marathons. I feel a little jealous of everyone around that’s actually racing tomorrow and going for a PR. I wish that was me. Just read over the confirmation packet and [...] Back in high school, I was in this Bolder Boulder training group. There was no sub-35 or -40 minute group, just a sub-45, which meant that I was lumped in with a bunch of older runners who were way, way faster than me. I remember being in awe of the fact that they were putting [...] I ran a really shitty race today. I might feel better about it if I knew the cause, but nothing comes to mind. I ate right yesterday, didn’t drink too much last night, got an okay amount of sleep. I didn’t start too fast, didn’t take the hills too aggressive. Everything seemed to be [...] |
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