IT HAPPENED AGAIN last week. I was at Body Specs for my usual Thursday torture session strength workout, working on the half foam. This is basically a foam roller cut in half lengthwise, and you stand on the flat part while the round part is under you. I use it both for ankle strengthening (through …
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The Story of the Rest
Guest post by Harvey Paul (*) WELL, HERE’S A TURN OF EVENTS EVEN I WASN’T EXPECTING. In my previous post I wrote about getting in a tempo run when I didn’t want to. This one is about the other side of the coin. Today is tempo day on my training schedule, but I made the …
A Strange and Fickle Beast
Last weekend I had an opportunity to run a “fatass” trail race (up to 30 miles) reasonably near where I live. On that morning it was near freezing temperatures, raining, and I had a slightly painful knee that I’d “tweaked” somehow the previous night. Plus I had a 50-miler coming up in a week. So …
Ten Years of Racing!: A Celebration, and a Lesson Learned
Last Saturday’s Holiday Hustle in Dexter – a fun and otherwise ordinary end-of-season 5K – was memorable for me. Ten years ago, the 2008 Holiday Hustle was my first-ever official race. That’s right! A dedicated non-runner until my mid-forties, I’d begun with just a few short runs here and there to supplement bike rides and …
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