Making the Right Decision

Making the Right Decision

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...
Approaching My 2nd Marathon in 15 days

Approaching My 2nd Marathon in 15 days

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...
3 weeks, 3 races

3 weeks, 3 races

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...
LA Marathon — are we doing this?

LA Marathon — are we doing this?

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...
Running is…

Running is…

  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...