I TESTED FOR 2ND KYU TONIGHT (THURSDAY) AS SCHEDULED, and just returned home after a late dinner. My main emotion is relief that the test is over, which is just fine; I’ve been looking forward to this feeling for over a week. The anxiety was self-inflicted, since I signed up for this freely and willingly, …
Category: Aikido
Trusting My Training
WITH MOST OF MY TRAINING THIS YEAR FOCUSED ON MY RUNNING AND CYCLING GOALS, I reluctantly had to put Aikido on the back burner. I continued to sign up for twice-weekly classes, but for various reasons was unable to attend as regularly as I usually do. And while I have tested for advancement in rank …
Through a Glass (Door), Noisily
SOME MARTIAL ARTISTS BREAK BOARDS WITH THEIR FEET; others break bricks with their hands. Me? I shatter glass doors with my nose. The latest (and only) demonstration of my talent occurred during my visit to my employer's Costa Rica facility. I’d borrowed the office of the head engineer to phone my boss back in Michigan. …
Mystery Solved, and a Few Other Tangents
THANKS TO BLAINE MOORE'S EMAIL NEWSLETTER, I FOUND OUT why my watch said I'd run much farther than 26.2 miles at the Chicago Marathon. Barring a measuring mistake (which did happen at a local half marathon in March, but unlikely at a national race), I'd concluded that my watch was off, likely due to downtown …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 