Posts Tagged ‘Louisville’

Saturday’s run had speed and Sunday’s run had distance.  Because I’m training for the Las Vegas Half Marathon, now only 12 days away, this post will be a “weekend report” on the two runs, and how they complemented each other. Had Saturday fallen on a day other than November 21, I would have run at [...]

  Church is in the eyes of the beholder.  Or ears, for that matter.  While listening to my iPod and running on this beautiful August Sunday morning, Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” single lifted me up and hit that sweet spot where you know you’ve been witness to the divine.  Let me explain. For [...]

I wasn’t meeting anyone this Sunday morning, and didn’t rush while I gathered my hat, gloves, iPod, and Garmin GPS.  Our regularly scheduled Saturday run was canceled due to a forecasted blizzard that never materialized. It was still cold at seven A.M., a cool twenty degrees even though the sun was shining.  My lined tights, [...]

Last week’s post was on the topic of silencing the inner chatter, of stopping the clanging of the mind so the body can relax into doing what it knows how to do. Sometimes the mind doesn’t need to be silenced so much as it needs to be heard. This Saturday I ran alone. Sophie had [...]

We’re heading to the Coal Creek Trail in Louisville due to the snow and ice from the previous two days. The Coal Creek Trail is gravel and has very moderate ups and downs. It can be accessed from a variety of places in Louisville and Lafayette, and can be whatever distance you’re looking for because [...]