After finishing Running with the Buffaloes, I snatched up Sub 4:00. Sub 4:00 is a story about Alan Webb, entering his freshman year at the University of Michigan. Before entering college, Alan had recently broken Jim Ryun’s 36 year old high school mile record. The book chronicles the 2001-2002 freshman year of [...]
Written by Mark Thompson
[Boggs sizes Andy up]
Boggs: Hey, anybody come at you yet? Anybody get to you yet?
[Andy looks at him in puzzlement]
Boggs: Hey, we all need friends in here. I could be a friend to you.
[Andy walks away]
Boggs: Hey… Hard to get. I like that…
In the fall of 2007, I’m driving to the Quad [...]
A good week of training, hit my objectives for the week. Here is the breakdown:
8/04 – 8 Miles
8/05 – (Long Run 2) – 14 Miles @ 7:36 Pace, felt tired and I was really hungry after a few miles, since I ran right after work, should have eaten a powerbar.
8/06 – Off
8/07 – 3 [...]
I’m a skeptical person by nature, I question everything. I think the old adage of “If it’s sounds too good to be true…it probably is” holds true 99% of the time. If you understand capitalism and marketing, you know that a company tries to “kill” the consumer with options and that they will [...]
I did some intervals tonight, 6*1200.
I often hear people complain about the accuracy of a race course, thinking their Garmin is 100% accurate. Take a look at this photo, I had a great signal, generally it was within 16ft. I can assure you that I ran all three laps in lane [...]
George to Idaho Springs Half Marathon 2008 (Results)
The 30th Annual Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon will take place this Saturday. There is still time to register, so if you’re looking for a race this weekend, check it out.
Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to run the race. However, I am [...]
A week or two ago, I can’t really recall, the state was in Powerball fever. You know the “hysteria†when your office co-workers get together to pool their money, not understanding basic statistics and probability, hoping to strike it rich. That day I headed into my local King Soopers to pick up my provisions. That’s [...]
I’ll be taking advice from Pete Pfitzinger in developing the rest of my training for the Denver Marathon. The book that I am using is “Road Racing for Serious Runners“, sounds intimidating doesn’t it? I have 11 weeks until the Denver Marathon, or 77 days according to this guy.
My training plan will be [...]
I got a laugh when I saw the cover for this book. It reminded me of that scene in “There’s Something About Mary”.
Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.
Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: [...]