The Tao of Me

I’m not going to do a daily recap of Week 18 of 2012 – May 1-6. Instead, I’ll just say that with the exception of 30-minutes on the Stair Climber, 1 Strength Training Workout and 1 Bikram Yoga class, all I did was run. I ran 5 out of 7 days and 4 days in [...]

I spent Friday afternoon mapping out a route for my 22-mile run. I had planned to return to the City, repeating my 10-mile route from last weekend, but adding in 2 jaunts across the Golden Gate Bridge, with a few laps around Crissy Field mixed in. I was feeling good about the route, ate and [...]

Monday, April 23 Plan Rest Actual Rest Tuesday, April 24 Plan 1-hr Run of Intervals Actual 1-hr Run of Intervals This run went well. I love these kinds of workouts but sometimes I think they contributed to my overwhelming need to take walk breaks. I push myself to do these intervals that take me way [...]

Saturday evening I was fortunate to be able to attend the SF Giants game. Tim Lincecum was making his 4th start of the season. Since his season didn’t start off well, every start he makes is under scrutiny. The team had a come-from-behind win in which he picked up the W. He was still a [...]

In the past few days I have: 1. Made a list of the sources of my stress as it relates to running 2. Identified the things that I did before great runs that perhaps I haven’t been doing recently 3. Journaled the 4 running days I’ve had since last Wednesday And as much as I [...]

After bearing all on Wednesday, I’d like to say that the week got better, but it didn’t. Monday, April 16 Plan 45-min Spin Actual Rest Tuesday, April 17 Plan 1-hr Run Actual 1 hr 15-min Run (7.37 miles) Pretty much a disaster. I only did 2 of the 8 intervals at the level that I [...]

Somewhere along the way running has stopped being fun. I went from a really big high just a couple of months ago to now struggling to run just 15 straight minutes without struggling. There I said it. It’s the truth. Sure I’ve still logged all my runs but even the ones that were supposed to [...]

Monday, April 9 Plan Rest Actual Rest Tuesday, April 10 Plan 1-hr Run (Intervals) Actual AM: 1500-yard Swim in 39:15 PM: 1-hr Intervals Run (5.80 miles, 10:22 min/mi) This swim workout was scheduled for Wednesday, but I had early morning work meetings so I had to shift things around to fit it in. After doing [...]