I’m feeling okay but a little worried. The weather, my sore ITB, and my schedule have conspired to get me less training time than I’d like–although admittedly, that didn’t hurt me in the Ford Island 10K. The one event coming up at the end of the month is one I haven’t ridden since two years […]

I’ve come to the conclusion that balance is tough to come by. Between working my two jobs, cycling, running, blogging, podcasting, photography, and writing code, it’s tough to find time for everything. Certain things get neglected. Certain things get dropped, at least for awhile. I’m not going to give anything up, but it’s clear I […]

I’m enthused for the first time in awhile. As I detailed yesterday, my Ford Island Bridge Run 10K result was not just substantially better than last year’s–which was a fiasco–it was substantially better than my disappointing result at the Great Aloha Run. Now, however, the emphasis is really more cycling than running, with the Haleiwa […]

Dear walkers in the bike lane, I am more than happy to share the bike lane with you folks; in fact, for the most part, I will let you own it, because with rare exception (for instance, most of Kalani’ana’ole Highway), bike lanes on this island are absolutely atrocious. The ones in Waimanalo (where I […]

It’s raining. It’s windy. It’s cold. I’m tired. I have reports due. I’m not up to date on my blog. Enough. Excuses, valid or not, are not what’s going to get me into shape to do the Ford Island 10K, the Haleiwa Metric Century, the Livestrong Challenge, or the Honolulu Century. Only working out and […]

I’m a clydesdale, not a thoroughbred racer. My strength on the bike is riding long distances, not riding fast, and certainly not riding up hills. But the reality is, there’s nowhere around here that’s just flats. So I must deal with hills. My main enemy on the hills riding is weight, so shedding every ounce […]

I’m on the downside of the cycle. One of the best things about working out is that it helps manage stress; one of the worst things about working out is when you don’t do it, you can really feel your stress acutely. Like right now, when any touch to my neck brings a crack and […]

I’m not out of my funk yet. Despite my joy over my recent bike maintenance spree, not all is well. I’ve actually fallen twice in the last week–both at practical standstills without injury–after going a few months without one (and that one was when I was struck by a car). I’ve also missed one run […]

While I love my running training schedule–alternating hard/short and easy/long days–and I’ve expanded it to be a similar schedule for my cycling, there’s no question that I don’t get faster unless I do intervals and hard efforts. And hard efforts mean pain. It’s not fun, but it does help. My endurance has always been my […]

It’s a milestone entry, coming right at the time I decided to battle inertia and get serious again about training. I’ve already blogged about my failures in training starting with Oakland and the difficulty I had at the Great Aloha Run. I also have had some special occasions, including a baby shower and a friend […]