Posts Tagged ‘Racing’

  I did it!  I came, I saw, I ran a few miles.  I prepped, tapered, and raced.  The Colorado Marathon fell on a beautiful spring day in the mountains and streets of Fort Collins.  The sun was shining, the river water was rushing, and ultimately, no one I knew saw me finish.  It was [...]

I’m in “taper” mode.  I’m running a Half Marathon in The Colorado Marathon in Ft. Collins on Sunday and this entire week is devoted to resting, sleeping, and generally getting geared up to run hard and fast for 13 miles.   An example of this week’s training:  yesterday I ran a total of 2 1/2 miles.  [...]

I sit here on this rainy Saturday morning, staring morosely out the window.  We’ve had a so much wet snow in the past twenty four hours that we can’t possibly run because of the slush.  My aching butt is still recovering from the fall I took on a patch of ice two weeks ago; I [...]