Yes, I’m still (mostly) on a holiday hiatus–and unlike my other blogs, this blog is never a weekend poster–but as a follow up to yesterday’s post about my entering the Livestrong Challenge in Philadelphia, I have to say that I am grateful, honored, humbled, and awed by the response. Within the first 24 hours of […]

Several of my Twitter friends ran in the Honolulu Marathon this past Sunday. I was not one of them; having done the 2008 marathon (horribly injured and not well trained) I’m not thinking runs of that length are really for me. That said, it was inspiring to see how well some of them did. Two […]

I’d like to do more. I’m starting over with some of my training and cutting back on my overall effort to keep my heart rate down. I’m doing what’s called building a base of aerobic fitness, and while it’s necessary, it almost feels like I’m slacking off. I feel like I can go harder, but […]

I’ve decided on a bunch of organized events for 2010. It’s pretty ambitious, but I think I can do them all. January 10, 2010: 8K run January 31, 2010: 10K run February 15, 2010: Great Aloha Run April 3, 2010: Ford Island Bridge 10K run April 25, 2010: Hale’iwa Metric Century Ride August 21, 2010: […]

I was excited not just for myself, but for my buddies. It was great to place in my age/gender group at the SAM’s 5K, but seeing my pace was much more exciting, and seeing how well my buddies did in the same run was even more exciting. Seeing how fast John was–and hearing how he’s […]

My training has been sporadic at best. Some things have been great–running in the morning has really helped me get in workouts that I had otherwise been missing, and I get to do it with a friend too. Others, like this lingering cough that wakes me up some nights, have been less than great. That […]

I’m still coughing. This cold has lingered a long longer than I hoped it would. In fact, I spent almost the entire time I was off from work from Thanksgiving through the Sunday after recovering from my cold and sleeping way longer hours than usual–in fact, I had already been sleeping earlier, sometimes before 8 […]

I’m catching up. Unfortunately, the training for the century combined with all kinds of other obligations (blogging, working, and a few birthdays and weddings this month) have conspired to put me far behind in getting things done. I’m taking a few days off from some of my off time obligations to get caught up–including getting […]

I’m recovered–but my bike hasn’t. It’s more than a week after the century ride finished and I still haven’t changed the tube on the rear tire of my Bianchi. It’s flat as a pancake. I flatted around mile 78, changed the tube, but probably pinched the replacement when I did and could only inflate it […]

I’m inspired. Not that I haven’t been inspired before or there aren’t zillions of reasons to be inspired, but these past few weeks, Fat Cyclist and Team Fatty have been making me consider not just my personal fitness journey but also how to give back. Of course, Team Fatty is not the first or only […]