Here is a great story about Olympic racewalking in Beijing that appeared on NPR! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93773028 Apparently, the original course for the 50K and 20K racewalks was granite. The walkers complained, including American Philip Dunn. From the story: Race walkers say they don’t […]
I waited until almost 10 to get my 30 min in tonight. Because I was supposed to do just 45 min easy, I worked on form only tonight. I almost tripped a couple of times because the sidewalks are a little uneven. […]
Though we were scheduled to do 45 min today, Deb and I moved our 3 X 1 mile sprints to today from Thursday. August temps have been unusually mild this year, but today was a little toasty. Still we did great! We […]
I’ve been working on Dave McGovern’s Fall 08 column all day. Normally it takes about 10 min to edit Dave and another 10 to lay out his column. Today I’ve been at this for hours. But I know all of the extra […]
Apparently Deena Kastor broke a bone in her foot during yesterday’s Olympic marathon! I don’t know how I missed it last night, except I was dozing during some of the coverage. I did wake in time to watch Torres and Phelps swim. […]
It is really nice having a friend who is training for the same long-distance event. I needed to do 10 miles to train for the New Albany Walking Classic Half Marathon, and because of a local race this morning, I thought I’d […]
The temps were in the 60s, the sun was shining and there was a slight breeze when I head out this morning. Birds were singing, cicadas were buzzing, the high school marching band was practicing and everything felt right with the world. […]
OK, I know better. You can’t take two days off in a row during long-distance training and expect to have no ill affects. I decided to walk this morning since scheduling my training in the evenings has been so unsuccessful this week. […]
Dear Oprah, I would make a great guest for your show! I have all of the qualities you look for in a guest. First: I am a formerly unfit person who has changed my life and my lifestyle. I walked a marathon […]
The people at the trail around the lake were especially friendly today! There were also a lot of them — a sure sign that it is marathon training season. In the middle of one loop one walker (who passed me) said she […]
