Gluconeogenesis
Huh? Yeah, that’s what I said when Katie spoke that litany of consonants and vowels… She was onto somethin’. She’s a smart one. That’s why I keep her around… and she’s funny. So, that “G” word… is when amino acids are broken down by the liver, or kidney, or both. Is there a doctor in [...]
e l e v e n . . .
Today, we ran 11.1 miles. I am finding I start tanking around mile 9. It could mean I need to take some water on these longer runs, or some Gu, or pop a few electrolyte capsules at mile 8. I can’t do sports drinks, they upset my stomach… Post run feelings: My knees hurt. My [...]
3 down, 7 to go…
I am not counting days, nor hours, nor even minutes… I am counting toenails. In November, after running a half-marathon, I sacrificed two perfectly good toenails. Thankfully, by last week, I could tell my toes would be fine in time for flip-flop season. That was last week… pre-Friday, last week… or as I’ll call it [...]
Another for the annals of humiliation…
The weight room at the gym has provided me several opportunities to humiliate myself… or at least just keep me in my place. I once held the nickname “Crash” (born from the time I fell off a corral wall and then face planted in the “dirt” of a horse arena all in the span of [...]
The Food Network
is TOTALLY making it hard to keep from eating. Really, how can one not feel REAL pangs of hunger as freshly grated parmesan is lovingly sprinkled upon a delightful bed of pasta… splashed lavishly in cups of butter and garlic snuggling beneath bright red slices of baked tomatoes with skins popping in perfectly cooked goodness? [...]
The Ironman 70.3
So, I polished off a HoHo at 11 a.m. I plopped onto my bed with the tv clicker as I gave into a lazy Saturday. The laundry can wait. It’ll just have to… I began flipping the channels and I landed on the coverage for the Ford Ironman 70.3 Championship. It's a 1.2 mile swim, [...]
Oops…
I did it again… I can’t use that phrase without singing it anymore. See my previous post, about The Weight Room. This time I was able to garner true humiliation. I didn’t just startle my own self. THIS time, a fella was at the contraption next to me – squirting and wiping it down after [...]
What have I become?
Background: I am easily intimidated. Bigger people, fitter people, pretty people, smarter people, British-accent people (they sound smarter to me), buff people, self-important people, boss people, moms who act like they are your kids’ boss people… I, shall we say, “enjoy” the latter group the very least. I digress. Let me go back to “buff [...]
2006 Seattle Half-Marathon, Part II
It appears I may have communicated with a bit more negativism in my previous post than I intended… The pain made me do it! The pain made me do it! I had so much fun. So stinkin’ much! My 2 favorite memories: 1) Discovering at the half-way point we had maintained a skintight-less-than-10-minute-mile average up [...]
Half-Marathon, All-Done
So… I did it. And I was not alone… over 10,000 others were there too. Most importantly, Katie & E were with me – all 3 of us in our matching hot pink shirts. We even hat matching pink hats! Where should I begin? Should I start at 4 a.m. when my alarm went off? [...]
