A few minutes after 10 a.m. Saturday, I crossed the mat on North Shore Drive, set to run for 3.1 miles. Thirty-six minutes and fifty-two seconds later, I was done. Tired. And awfully happy. I was really concerned about my pace at first — I was pretty keyed up and didn’t want to start too… Read More done (with some help).
Since the beginning of October, I’ve been spending a lot of time with a mysterious English woman. We usually meet early in the morning, often before sunrise, when she would spend a half-hour whispering sweet nothings to me in that amazing accent. “Warm up.” “Run!” “Walk.” “Run!” “Cool down.” Spicy stuff, right? But as I… Read More saying goodbye.
Sure, I’ve posted a couple times since I completely punted National Blog Posting Month, but there’s been a bunch of stuff I missed in the meantime. So: A) Bullet post. B) Completely ignoring the fact that I punted National Blog Posting Month, especially now that we’re seven days into December C) QUIT ROLLING YOUR EYES… Read More a month.
Besides making what turned out to be a half-hearted stab at getting back into blogging in October, I made another pretty serious change last month — and I’m at the point where I’m going to ask you for help. Since I started running, I’ve been overwhelmed with the number of people who have taken the… Read More 1. a little help.
As I mentioned previously, I’ve been sick. As I mentioned before that, I’ve been running. What has happened in the interim is something kind of scary: I’m enjoying the running. If you’re not familiar with any of the Couch to 5K apps, they work sort of like this: Each week you’re given a schedule with… Read More 20. setback.
I’m into the third week of this running thing. Overall, it’s going well. And not just the kind of “I don’t feel like I’m going to die as quickly now as I did when I started” kind of well. It wasn’t much of a thought when I started, although I knew in the back of… Read More 17. fat guy.
Uncle Crappy 