I KNELT FOR THE START OF ADVANCED CLASS WITH ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME for being there. Wednesday is usually a running day, but as this is my final week of heavy training and I hadn't been to the advanced class yet, I shuffled my schedule around and went to the dojo tonight. After the first …
A Good Week on the Mat
LESS OFFICE WORK AND MORE AIKIDO? I could get used to this. Three weeks and 37 classes into my April goal, and I've learned so much that I'm almost reluctant to return to a normal schedule in May. And with my body adjusting to the extra training, I'm feeling much better than I did after …
A Different Runner
"YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR SLEEP," COACH MARIE SAID when I told her my goal of finishing the Martian half marathon in under 1:40. A bit surprised, I pointed out that I'd have to average under a 7:30 pace, and my best half in 2011 had been at 7:42. "You're a different runner now," she …
Pre-Race Rambles
TWO WEEKS INTO MY "MONTH OF AIKIDO" and my body is definitely feeling the effects. Four classes a day seems to be my limit - yesterday I found myself losing focus on the mat, in a beginners class of all things. Sensei moved me to partner with a black belt, which may or may not …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 