Posts from ‘October, 2009’

OK so maybe I wasn’t quite dead, but as it is Halloween it sounds pretty cool. And also it’s just my second run since a 16 day rest following my half marathon. Eleven kilometers today brings my total to 1123 kilometers this year. I doubt if I’ll have time to make 1000 miles but we’ll [...]

A new training regime has recently been introduced by Sensei Juan Molina in which we warm up by running, and other aerobic exercises which I quite like. It involves a bit of running around the gym for a few laps then changing direction and going the other way. The routine has us slow [...]

After a long holiday of 16 days I am back running again. Today’s run was 11 km. My last run was the Thanksgiving day half marathon in Devon, where I not only got off track and ran an extra 1.5 km for a total of about 22.5 but I also had the disappointing [...]

I won’t be updating this blog as frequently any more nor will I be continuing to count my karate lessons and runs. I will be posting runs and my cumulative running distances in a year will still be updated in my header. Posting will resume approximately whenever I feel like it. I [...]

I managed to make it all the way through this karate class, but I almost didn’t for reasons unrelated to my neck. For some reason, probably because I’m old and crippled, my right forearm went into spasm about an hour and a quarter into the class. It felt like the forearm bone wanted [...]

Many of you already know this, but for those who don’t, it bears repeating here. The main purpose of a taper before a race is to allow you to rest up and heal from a hard training period. That way you are in your peak physical condition right at race time. If [...]

Yesterday was my first time back since the summer/fall break. I only managed to do one hour out of the two because my neck/shoulder muscles got tired too quickly and there was a danger that I delay my recovery if I pushed it too much. I am writing this from the perspective of [...]