Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is a guest post from my wife, Pam. This Sunday, she and several other people we know will be embarking on that masochistic journey that we call the Portland Marathon. Here are some tips on how [...]

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I’ve always loved the Olympics. Despite NBC’s uncanny ability to squeeze all the joy out of the games, I leave my self-imposed “no TV zone” every couple of years to watch the world’s top athletes compete. When I was a boy, I actually wanted to be one of those top athletes. (Though I had no [...]

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Sunday night, I didn’t sleep well at all. I had pre-race nervous dreams and I was asking myself if I knew what I was getting in to. I woke earlier than my alarm clock, around 4:30, but was able to fall soundly back to sleep by the time the alarm went of at [...]

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It was the best of races, it was the worst of races.
At 9am this morning, Mac and I ran the West Linn, Oregon “Up the Lazy River 10k” race together. Going in, we both knew he would run at a faster pace than I would. His goal was to finish in 55 minutes; mine [...]

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It’s 7 a.m. Together this morning, Mac and I will run our first-ever 10k road race. I’m excited, but also a little bit scared. I realize I’m only racing against myself, but I’m still anxious to do well.
I’m gradually prepping my mind for the run. I’ve run 63.22 miles this month (and 42.30 last month). [...]

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I can’t believe it. The guy who never wanted to run in an organized race is totally consumed by race day–and it’s still four days away! I’ve been chatting with JD about it, I’ve been probing my wife about it, I’ve been racking my brain about it–it’s all I can think about these [...]

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