Fitness
Today I was able to get out for my first full run after my surgery. I had to have a sports hernia repaired on Monday. About 27% of men end up with hernias. It doesn’t make me any happier about the surgery. My hernia is feeling much better, not really any problems since the surgery [...]
Here we go again! I finished the Denver Marathon but it was nowhere near a PR. So at the urging of my running coach I am putting in a top springtime effort and I’m training for the New Orleans Marathon. This ones for a Boston Qualifier baby!! I have been training for a month now. [...]
Last night I got my first taste of organized marathon training. My coach, Kathy, had us do some dynamic exercises first before the run. They are designed to help prevent injuries. Some of them, like butt-kicks and high-knees, I had done before but some of them were new to me and involved running on your [...]
It’s a hard lesson to learn. Just last month I ran in my first marathon and did pretty well (3:36:32). About a week after the marathon I thought I was on track to keep up some light running until my next training started. Then the Achilles tendon on my right foot started hurting. I kept [...]
Today was my first run back with the Denver Nike Run club. I am now offically into my summer running schedule and ramping up to the Colfax Marathon. I was able to keep with the fast group today for the first two miles and then I took the loop around Mile High Stadium. When we [...]
Yep. I’m back at it. Watching what I eat and building up my running to half-marathon distances. Today’s run will be a 9 mile run. Next week 10 miles. I will probably leave my weekend runs at that level for a little while and work on speed from that point. I am already registered for [...]
I am getting back into running. One thing that has always bothered me about runners is sometimes they are runners and sometimes they are just joggers that call themselves runners. Joggers can’t seem to stride out past where their knees straighten out. I know this is nit picking but those people are not runners, they [...]
