Lately I have had way too much to do. I ran the grand mere grind 10k 1:03. Good to be out. but otherwise depressing time. Ran a few more times. 4, 4, 6, 4 I beleive, went swimming once for 25 minutes. Haven’t paddled since I dunno when… Will post my kayak rack photos soon. …
Monthly Archive: November 2005
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29
Nov
13
Crazy for you but not that crazy
The only problem with being crazy is that you don’t recognize your own behavior as insane. But if today was any indication of sanity, I might have displayed it. I drove to Silver Beach to surf after the Grand Mere Grind, 10k trail race. I took one look at the beach there and decided the …
Nov
11
Time enough for dancing
I had all sorts of things that took precedence over running and swimming this week. Hockey hockey hockey, and surfing. 47:00 5 Miles milham creek. It felt slow, and I guess it’s ok. I used to be able to do that stretch in 38:00. Trying to keep the whole picture in mind though.
Nov
10
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
If I had known that today was the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I probably wouldn’t have gone out. The storms passing by from the northwest were doing my soul harm. I couldn’t take seeing waves without being out there to at least surf some of them. I woke at 4:30 AM …
Nov
09
Penguins on lava
I am playing hockey with work folks this week. I went on skates for the first time this week since age 10. I didn’t do too badly. I think it’s good to do something new. I saw Tom Deater skate around the rink like a pro, and I hope that’s how I look in a …
Nov
09
In the tube like porpoise
I did 25:49 in the pool with the new method in the tube, I got tons more glide and tried to pay attention to being a little porpoise. I think it’s working. I will be able to do more next week.
Nov
09
Short Burst
Four miles on Milham creek, new shoes with new orthodics, we’ll see if I need to switch. 34:56- 4+ Miles
Nov
05
The witching hour
The blue-white beam of my LED headlamp jostles over the packed dirt road as if it were the cratered surface of the moon. The narrow field of vision is disorienting, like watching someone run through a camcorder. The wind is up, 20-25 knots which makes my soul ache a bit as I picture Lake Michigan …
Nov
03
The Tunnel
Dave Diget watched me do a couple of laps, and mentioned that I swam like a snake. I need to streamline my body and try to stay as straight as possible in order to go fast. Rotating along the axis of my body in the water horizontally. So I need to picture my body moving …
Nov
03
These shoes are made for blisters
Got the new mizuno shoes, the wave renegade, 10.5. Ran in downtown kzoo on wednesday. 35:00 minutes, no idea on distance. It was a run for the bathroom through a physicians entrance at the WMU medical entrance. I felt like a robert redford character in 3 days of the condor, except for my Chrohn’s disease. …
