A STRONG TAILWIND can make you glad you’re alive. In place of a recovery run today, I did a 25-mile ride toChelseaand back. The first leg was west, directly into a strong wind. The temptation was there to push harder into the wind, but this was a recovery day – just gear down and relax, …
Category: Running & Cycling
The Hard Work
I SHOULD BE HAPPY with my result in the Road Ends trail race today. I beat my previous time by over three and a half minutes, and blew away my time goal. So why do I feel like the perpetual bridesmaid? My time was 38:10, well under 40 minutes. A hard, strong run, and I …
Hubris?
COACH MARIE GAVE ME 8 MILES for tonight, which I did with two at home, then six more with the downtown group. She’d assigned an 8:30 pace, but I felt so good I did a 7:24 pace for the two-mile loop, then an 8:15 for the remaining six. I feel really pumped for Saturday. Finishing …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 