Posted on October 18th, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Personal, Running, Social aspects, Training |
This is the most stressful time in my life since my father had his stroke. My aunt has moved in with us, at least for awhile, since her memory is not what it typically is. Whether this is a resolvable delirium or a permanent dementia is not clear, and we won’t know for a few weeks.
In the meantime, running is saving my sanity.
I’ve not had the time to blog here as I’ve been doing in the past with needing to take care of my aunt as we’ve been doing for my mom, but I will as I can and I’m hoping next week I can really get back on track. In the meantime, here’s a recent four mile run where I went as fast as I can–which is not fast, but it’s fast for me:
Hope all is well with you.
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Posted on October 11th, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Running, Training |
Amazing myself, I ran thirteen miles today. They were slow and not necessarily comfortable, but I could have done a half marathon today without difficulty. Looks like I’ll be increasing the milage one mile a week on these longs until close to the marathon. Exciting times.
Posted on October 4th, 2010 by ryan
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It’s been a year for family issues, and we’ve got another one here. My aunt just got released from the hospital and since she lives alone she’s staying with us–at least for awhile, although this could end up being permanent. As I adjust, expect posts to be sporadic over the next couple of weeks. My […]
Posted on October 1st, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Running, Social aspects, Training |
I’m making progress, even if it’s at a price. I’m a bit sore; ran a hard four miles on Tuesday evening, then an easy six tonight. Tuesday was hard in intensity, but easy to do because the terrain was flat, friends were with me, and the weather was nice. Tonight was a different story. It […]
Posted on September 30th, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Running, Training |
It kind of felt like it on Tuesday as the Twitter Honolulu folks organized for yet another fun run, this time of four miles on a flat course near Ala Moana, which you can check out here. I am definitely not recovered from the century, even on Wednesday, but the run went quite well, with […]
Posted on September 29th, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Organized events, Running, Training |
I’m not quite recovered but things are going well. Had a fast run tonight (four miles, although I did a little bit more since I forgot to turn on my Garmin Forerunner 305 for the first little bit) at a pace of just under 12 minutes a mile–close to race pace for me. My knees […]
Posted on September 28th, 2010 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Organized events |
It’s the day after. I’m not as sore as I usually am, although I am tired and a little sore. I didn’t have the cramping that has plagued me throughout the years but I was certainly not fast–my first half was faster than my second half, and I suspect I was on the verge of […]
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by ryan
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Rode the Honolulu Century Ride yesterday and am too beat to get a post up. Hopefully back on schedule tomorrow. [ad#Google Adsense]
Posted on September 25th, 2010 by ryan
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I finally gave in this week and took some time off from workouts because of both a crazy schedule and this lingering cold. It was at least as hard as working out. I’m finding that discipline doesn’t just mean working out when I’m scheduled to work out, rain or shine, sick or not. It means […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 by ryan
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Still not quite 100%, but I’ll be back to blogging in the next two days. My apologies, but this break is helping considerably. [ad#Google Adsense]