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The agony of defeet

The foot problem is not getting better. I ended up cutting my 5 miler short last night (although I still made myself finish four miles, because I am all about being miserable).
My right foot was hurting, and then I started getting stabby pains up & down my right shin, and THEN my right quad started [...]

Training Goals: 3/8/10 – 3/14/10

The recap:
Goals – 3/1 – 3/7

Monday: swim – SUCCESS!  I did 1,000 yards in the pool after work, even though I desperately wanted to skip it & just go home.
Tuesday: 5 miler with the Ambitious One and Running Stories. – SUCCESS! Five speedy miles (51:06 for a 10:13 average, and I didn’t even feel worn [...]

March Goals

These are a day late, because I had to post weekly goals yesterday. I am just a goal making FOOL! I tell you!
The recap:
February 2010 Goals

Lose four pounds. I think this is doable! – I think I sent the wrong message to the universe. I think I was reading somewhere that in The Secret, you [...]

Training Goals – 3/1/10 – 3/7/10

As always, the recap comes first. I had an ambitious week planned (perhaps channeling my training partner!), and I think I did pretty damn good. There was really only one major fail, and while it was MAJOR, I have had 24 hours to come up with excuses & rationalizations, and thus, feel much better now.
Goals [...]

The Need for Speed

I am on blissful day #5 of my 10 days of vacation. It was a very busy day!
After getting up at about 8:30 & drinking some coffee the architect had thoughtfully made for me, I made some pancakes (hey! it’s national pancake day!), did a lot of homework, and then hit the gym for a [...]