Posts from ‘April, 2008’

(Much ado and fanfare and people excitingly milling around)…Presenting…The LEPPAD!
He has a very nice set of wheels that go around and around!
He has a very nice shifter thingy, all shiny and black!
He has an awesome set of lever gizmos and 24 gear possibilities!
He has a great and totally adjustable set of handlebars!
He even has an [...]

Well here we go again with all the running here and running there. How boring is that? What’s with all the running already?
It’s because if I don’t run, strange things happen. I’m far from the first to mention this, but every time I am going about my business, and I see a [...]

I wimped out today and sat out the second hour of class. The first hour had Mike guiding us through katas for the benefit of the white belts who will be grading hopefully this Saturday. The second half was not as intense as they did basic kumites, but I sat it out and [...]

I can’t believe I really did this but I did. I decided to go out and run a 17 km in spite of the fact that I have a huge chest cold and can barely talk. Maybe it was because I did not feel too down in the energy department. Who can [...]

I had the honor of a visit at the dojo today by my spectacularly beautiful, talented, and hugely smart daughter Morgan. MM and I managed to pick up our orange belts. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I so thoroughly enjoyed the last time I was deathly sick with [...]

Another 7 km in a chilly, overcast, and brisk day. I ran a slower pace today than when I did the indoor track. Today I ran it in 49:41 for a 7:05 pace. The thing about my 3 day a week marathon training plan is this:
I plan to run the marathon at [...]

Ran a 6:30 pace for 7 km in the indoor track today (45 minutes and 31 seconds). I did not have a great run as I felt the burn and had a burning “shin splinty” feeling in my left leg so I had to walk it off, stop and stretch it out a little. [...]