My blog is like: a)     cold fried chicken right out of the 'frige and eaten over the kitchen sinkb)     an old dilapitated house in the low rent part of town c)      a drunken two in the ay-em missionary boink that just won’t ever endd)     all of the above My standing in the blogging community is: a)     like comparing a crack whore to Mother Teresab)&nb...

They lay sideways across her mama’s big bed and listened to the sound of her brother mowing the grass outside. “This is awfully risky” she said. “What if he stops and come in for a drink of water or something and catches us?”“Taking risk is fun” he said. “Besides, if he does stop, we’ll have time.”“Bullshit. If he stops we’re caught. Or mama could come home early, too.”“Just relax and enjoy the moment” he r...

The clock is ticking down.  Less than one week to go now. This morning I ran the last Long Slow Distance I plan to run until the big day next Saturday when I run my first 10k. They call it “tapering” were, although you do not decrease the intensity, you do decrease the miles you put in leading up to the event in order to rest your muscles and prepare for the final push.  So tomorrow I’ll do a few fast uphill sprints and a slooow and easy two miles around the high scho...

Posted May 5, 2008  Currently I am up to 8 mile "Long Slow Distance" runs interspersed with weekly speedwork at the local high school track. So I’m wondering if it is a realistic expectation that I could finish, barring any injuries, a half-marathon by maybe say...October? Definitely do-able Joe! I think so if you follow a training plan. The longest run I had done was 7 miles before I started training for my half. I gave myself 4 months to train, which turned out to be enough for...