Monthly Archives: November 2009
Motivation Monday: the ‘Plan B’ edition
I wanted to write today’s Motivation Monday about how my goal for my various athletic endeavors this winter is to have fun. I want to take the pressure off of myself to nail a specific time in a race or … Continue reading
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Plotting my route to the National Marathon
The more I think about the National Marathon in March, the more benefits I see to setting my sights on this race. One such benefit: While searching for a tune-up half-marathon that would suit my timing for the March 20 … Continue reading
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Should I run when I’m sick? (the swim-practice rule)
In high school, any time I’d get sick enough to stay home for the day, my mom had a simple rule: If I was sick enough to stay home from school, I was sick enough to skip swim practice, too. … Continue reading
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Wanted: Moderation
I’m not a moderate person. I could list thousands of examples, but I’ll shorten the list to my most recent failures: Last week, I decided to pre-hab my ankle, which has been a tad sore ever since the Marine Corps … Continue reading
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National Marathon, here I come!
I was almost wooed by a flat, fast course in Sacramento at the California International Marathon, or a similarly flat course in Miami in January, both of which would let me tackle a marathon again sooner rather than later after … Continue reading
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Motivation Monday: Chilled-out edition
This week, in many different ways, I’m finding motivation by letting go and chilling out. This started last Thursday, when my usual 8-minute-mile pace group with Pacers Silver Spring headed out for a relaxed, chatty run, saying we’d do 8:30 … Continue reading
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Friends don’t let friends drink and run ( … do they?)
It occurred to me last week that I hadn’t had a drop of alcohol for about a month, thanks to training for the Marine Corps Marathon and post-marathon stomach ick. I’m not a big drinker or anything — just … Continue reading
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Build stronger ankles and feet
I’ve had one bad hip injury and one bad flareup of that injury in my recent running life. But when I think back, the common thread hasn’t been overtraining or an actute hip injury. Instead, in both cases, an ankle … Continue reading
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Carrot and stick
An assignment took me to the mall the other day, where my job was to talk to shoppers about why they like that particular mall, then get out of there. Instead, I found myself wandering through Sephora, lusting after a … Continue reading
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Lessons learned
After the Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 25, I exchanged a few e-mails with my friend Kaveh, who had to defer his entry until next year thanks to an ankle injury. We traded notes about how we ended up injured in … Continue reading
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