We tend to find inspiration in the oddest things. It’s Monday night and I’m sitting in my hotel room at the Chicago Hilton O’Hare bouncing between schoolwork and writing this article. For further distraction, I’ve got the Chicago Bears playing the Detroit Lyons at Soldier field in Chicago and the 7th game of the SF / St. Louis playoff on TV (sound off but still a distraction). I’m kind of regretting that I’m in Chicago but didn’t go to the football game in person when an odd movement on the screen ...
As you may have heard, I was ‘knee-capped by a speed bump’ around 8.5 miles into the inaugural Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Miler. I finished the run but have spent the past week nursing two mangled knees and left hand. Running has been out. So have Barre3 classes. And not only did I miss the Portland Half Marathon on Sunday I’ve now missed a week of marathon training! Now what do I do? Well, according to a variety of web sources, all is not lost. Running Planet.com suggest if ...
Have I mentioned lately that while I dearly LOVE runDisney events, occasionally one comes along that is less than runDisney standards? I’ll be posting a full write-up of the inaugural Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Miler Weekend very soon but in the interim I will say they could have had a major hit but in my humble opinion they have a long way to go to bring this one up to the runDisney standards we all enjoy and expect. We’ll keep this post short in anticipation of the upcoming ...
Well, I have to say week two went MUCH better than week one even with all the associated work and school crazies! Although I will never be a fan of using the indoor hamster wheel for a workout, the opportunity to take advantage of a very nice hotel gym is a benefit that cannot be overlooked or downplayed. It sure beats running at O’Hare Airport and/or running in the dark in downtown Chicago. And I did get to play outdoors on Saturday in the beautiful Pacific Northwest fall weather. ...
Well, if I’m going to fall off the workout wagon, it was probably best to get it over with in week one so I wouldn’t keep worrying about it happening later in the program. I made it through my planned Barre3 workouts (both in studio and via the web) but my scheduled Wednesday run was flattened by a work ‘emergency’ that turned out to be much ado about nothing. Unfortunately, the very late night pulling together the “have to have them by morning” presentations plus keeping up with schoolwork left ...
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