Posted in daily, dreams, friends, hard work, MadCity Marathon, marathon, running, senegal, The Book, words, writing on Apr 14th, 2008
Sometimes life’s biggest disappointments are tomorrow’s opportunities dressed up in wolves’s clothing. Last week I officially changed my marathon event from 26.2 to 13.1 and with a heavy heart (not to mention legs) tried to begin a modified training schedule. After only three days of consecutive running, my foot ached again and the thought of [...]
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Posted in MadCity Marathon, marathon, running on Feb 24th, 2008
Weeks 3-5 of my marathon training blend together, the only remarkable days were setbacks. For eight consecutive days, I was sick enough not to run. While I laid around my apartment watching the Office or going through the motions at work in a sudafed daze, I couldn’t help but ruminate on the idea that my [...]
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Warning: my review for week two of marathon training is unexciting, tough to get through, and was really hard for me to start. Exactly like every run this week. I followed a very distinct pattern this week: hard run followed by day of rest followed by hard run. The only thing that I can say [...]
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This past week was my first official week of training for the Madcity Marathon, which is May 25th. My training program is 18 weeks long and is a modified version of the Novice Training I followed for Grandma’s Marathon. I wasn’t ready to jump up to the Intermediate Training just yet; that would have called [...]
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Posted in MadCity Marathon, running, Wisconsin on Jan 22nd, 2008
In Wisconsin, there are days cold enough to freeze your snot only seconds after walking outside. Wiggle your nose and the mucousicles are torn from the side of your nostril, a sensation like pulling a nose hair. In order to avoid having to think too much about the ability of bodily fluids to freeze, it [...]
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Posted in daily, garden, gratitude lists, MadCity Marathon, Madison, marathon, nature, running, trees, Wisconsin on Jan 12th, 2008
Fluffy Snowflakes Ducks congregating and quacking on the Yahara River Other runners passing me, smiling A guy shoveling whom I startled when I passed, making me think I’m soft on my feet and stealth The Governor’s Mansion in Maple Bluff Patches of blue in the sky The sound of snow crunching underfoot Hearing song birds [...]
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An expression of gratitude for all that is good in my life.