I thought of various other titles for this post. Titles like “It was brutal! It was really really brutal!” But Brain Monkeys won out. And today’s run was brutal. I hurt a lot. I’m just this crazy frozen lump of crazy frozen ting. I barely made it back [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Run 7, 2010 …the myth of Sisyphus
During my 12 km run yesterday, I was thinking how often I have had to “start all over again”.
Long story short, the Greek myth of Sisyphus: Sisyphus was condemned to roll a large stone up to the top of a pointy hill, only to have the stone roll down again – for all eternity. [...]
Run 3, 2010 …all the world’s a track…
All the world’s a track,
And all the men and women merely runners:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one runner in his time plays many parts…
And so today I ran at the indoor track. I ran 6 laps for a warm up, then began my 44 lap 10 km time trial. My pace [...]
Running indoors? Sure, why not?
I can hardly wait for tomorrow, I’m so excited! Why am I excited? Because tomorrow is the one day of the week when I get to run indoors, where I can wear shorts and a T-shirt instead of layers of winter running gear and slogging it through the icy and unforgiving cold, which [...]
Karate 140
Well the first class of 2010 was relatively easy. I don’t think any of us did any karate during the holidays and the Christmas break of almost a month didn’t help. Classes usually end during this time as the schools where we have our dojo are usually booked solid with Christmas activities for [...]
Run 2, 2010 …the marathon training begins today
Today’s run was a good one. The weather was partly overcast and a lot warmer at -16 or so, so I was quite warm. I began the run a bit on the slow side, but achieved a negative split, averaging a 7:30 pace over 13 kilometers. I quite happy about this run [...]
Run 1, 2010 …all systems go…
Fours layers of shirts…check…two layers of pants…check…hat…check…mittens…check…yaktrax…check…pepper spray…check…portable hot pack…check…socks…check…shoes…check…water…check…iPhone and Runkeeper program…check
Will to live…check
Feeling sorry for myself… check
All systems go! See you all in about an hour and a quarter after my 11 km run which will be partly through knee deep snow since I’ve decided to take to the trails even if [...]