When it comes time to build mileage while training for a ride or a run, there’s no substitute for it. Yes, there is cross training, and there is treadmill running and stationary cycling, but these things are not the same as being out on the road in the sport you’ll be competing in. I can […]
It’s hot, but I’m satisfied. After a crazy week with an odd schedule (an off day on Wednesday where I couldn’t work out because I was running around like crazy trying to get a wireless Internet link for an outdoor wedding set up plus a working weekend), I finally had a day off Monday where […]
Every so often, instead of a Sunday run, I go on a Sunday hike, this past week to Kuliou’ou with a bunch of my Twitter friends. It’s a nice change of pace. I’m just not sure how to count that on my workout schedule. Is it the same as a run, hour for hour? Less? […]
I went for a group run on Thursday night; while I have had a training partner at work when Twitterless E was stationed temporarily where I am, since she’s left I’ve been training alone, which I almost always did before she came. But on Thursday I met up with a few of my Twitter friends […]
A blog post on why endurance athletes don’t always lose weight was linked to on Twitter the other day, and while (1) it was more of a rant on some television show I’ve never seen and (2) I think that the logic of calories is flawed (I’m no less than a zillion percent convinced that […]
I’m still not a fan of running. I don’t think I ever will be, even if I’m doing it better than I ever have before. But I will say this: running is likely helping to save my life. There’s no more time efficient and cost efficient aerobic exercise for me than running. Putting in half […]
I’ve had a couple of uneven weeks with events (the Hale’iwa Metric Century and the Jamba Juice Bananaman Run), which have combined with the weather and the rest of my life to make my training schedule erratic, to say the least–and let’s not forget my flat old laziness. So, right now, I’m writing down this […]
This was my second ever 5K, after the SAM’s 5K in December, which I finished at an inspiring 11:03 per mile pace. This was, in fact, the fastest pace I’ve done a run at. Until today. This event is held at Ala Moana Beach Park, or rather, mostly around Ala Moana Beach Park. It is […]
Here’s another race I’m entered in, kind of in a last minute fashion this time: the Jamba Juice 5K Banana Man Chase. I’m not too sure what it involves beyond a typical 5K except that it’s for charity and that if you catch a runner in a banana suit you get a free year of […]
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 […]