I’m typing this entry today before running; I doubt I’ll have any wonderful insights later because I’ll be running on the treadmill for once instead of outside. It has been so unseasonably cold here that it reminds me of my growing-up years in Chicago. I have run in this weather but not since over the…
Today’s run was wet, wet, wet. It feels good, though. I tell myself when I run not to think about my body, not to let it conquer my thoughts when there is tiredness or soreness. Instead my thoughts drift to other things. Then I feel light and springy, and running feels natural, as if I…
First, it seems anything and everything has stunted my running. Over the weekend I was getting ready to go out on my last day of week seven when I began having acute pain in my chest that made it hard to breathe. Had I not had this in the past I would assume it was…
My last couple blog posts reflected thoughts when running in the normal rainy storm season of the lower mainland, but the last couple days ushered in a cold arctic ridge of high pressure that has brought in chilly northeasterly outflow winds and cold blue skies with pure sunshine. This morning was my first run in…
I had to take six days off running due to an IT-band injury, but was able to pick up where I left off last week today, with only the last two minutes giving me problems. First, I did what I could to help the healing process on my knee, but isn’t it incredible that the…
For most runners starting with the C25K program, week 5, day 3 is the big milestone. It’s a straight 20 minute run, which, depending on your speed, is a good mile and a half or two, maybe more. I did this on Saturday morning, marveling at the clouds, the leaves, the oncoming rain. I didn’t…
Today was the wettest run I’ve had yet on this C25K program, and while at first it felt cold, it felt wonderful in the end. One thing that keeps happening is that I feel more connected with the elements. Being a lover of nature, I find running the perfect sport for that need to be…
I wasn’t going to write another running post until next week, when the training program gets significantly more intense. My run yesterday morning was my hardest yet, even though I had done the same run twice earlier this week. I just wasn’t quite awake yet. There was a brisk walk at the last cool-down, and…
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This morning I reached my halfway mark through the couch to 5K program. It actually started out to be physically my worst morning yet. I couldn’t sleep last night due to my knee aching. (I was also in the midst of this fantastic book, which kept me up too; I’ll talk about that in a…
“10 miles behind me and 10,000 to go” (from “Sweet Baby James,” song of the running hour) It is truly days like today that one can appreciate the nature on this planet. The day began heavily fogged, with the evergreens just mirages in the distance. By the time I took my break on campus, to…
