Archive for October, 2009
Oh, Sweet mystery of life at last I’ve found you…
If you need me, I’ll be in France. I gotta go. There’s a huge Tiramisu in them thar hills, and I aim to eat me some.
Lydiard Program For Blue Ridge?
So I’ve got 25 weeks to get ready for the Blue Ridge Parkway Marathon. I think I’m going to prepare the Lydiard way, unless someone convinces me otherwise. I’ve got time to gradually build the miles, but do I have the chutzpa to do three long runs a week in the winter? I’d like to [...]
Why am I faster?
I thought I would cover my bragging with a thin veneer of barefoot education. To the point: I’m older than I was as a shod runner, I’m less fit than I was as a shod runner (I used to do a lot of exercises, now I just run), I do less speedwork than when I [...]
Understanding Painlessness and Barefootery
When I say “I’m a wimp,” I’m not employing a sales tactic to get you to start running barefoot. I’m not saying “it’s easy! If I can do it, surely you can!” What I’m saying is IF you want to learn to run barefoot, avoid pain at all costs. Don’t think about speed. Don’t think [...]
My Hill
<a href=”http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/nc/mayodan/819123864117138426″>mega hill</a><br/><a href=”http://www.mapmyrun.com/find-run/united-states/nc/mayodan”>Find more Runs in Mayodan, North Carolina</a> This is the hill that prepared me for Grandfather Mountain, and will prepare me for Blue Ridge. Up and over, up and over, up and over, up and over, over and over and over again. One there-and-back is about 450 900 feet of elevation (450 [...]
