by PavementRunner | Mar 27, 2014 | Everything Else
As much as I know that this is the right decision, it feels so wrong in a backwards thinking kind of way. On Saturday, I’m scheduled to run the Livermore Half Marathon… but I won’t be. Last Sunday at the Oakland Running Festival, my knee started to...
by PavementRunner | Mar 20, 2014 | Everything Else
How do you approach your second marathon in a 15 day window? I’ve never raced two marathons so close to one another so I’m approaching it with caution knowing that my race plan may fall apart early… but I’m still going in with a race plan as if...
by PavementRunner | Mar 20, 2014 | Everything Else
Last weekend I laced up my shoes, grabbed my phone and ran the San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon course. This year, they have given us a new route, which still includes the Golden Gate Bridge and is a point-to-point race with plenty of climb. After...
by PavementRunner | Mar 16, 2014 | Everything Else
Understand me when I write this and know that I wouldn’t be doing it if I thought it was going to injure me. That being said, after a weeks rest from the ASICS LA Marathon, I have three races in three weeks. The schedule looks something like this: March 9: ASICS...
by PavementRunner | Mar 7, 2014 | Everything Else
Let’s cut to the chase. I’m running the ASICS LA Marathon on Sunday and I want sub 3:30. I wanted it a month ago and it just didn’t happen. This is a second chance. This is a second opportunity. This is a shot at redemption. Compared to the course I...
by PavementRunner | Mar 4, 2014 | Everything Else
I was looking back through some old images and files and came across a doc that had a fill in the blank type question… the answer that I put was Running is worth the possibility of never perfecting it. At the time, I’m sure I knew what I meant. It sounds...