I ran my last half-marathon in July 2004, and descended into a summer of physical therapy afterwards to tame my rebellious IT band. My physical therapist had me stop running for close to two months, and I gradually built my mileage back up again once he had massaged and stretched my IT band back into …
Category: Running
Sculpting
Many runners (myself included) tend to think that because we run, we don’t need to work out the rest of our bodies. But lately, I’ve been trying to break away from that myth in order to make myself a stronger runner — so I have been trying out the free classes at my gym. Now, …
Who Else Can I Still Be?
As a follow-up to last week’s post about “who else might I have been,” this week’s Sunday Scribbling is about the self that’s still in the making. Since I’m a rather goal oriented person, I already have “to do” list for life prepared on 43 Things. You’ll notice the things I’d like to accomplish are a mix of …
Relay & Travels
Yesterday the Avon Need for Speed Relay was a sucess! I ran with a team of colleagues we finished the 60-mile course from Bear Mountain to New Rochelle in Westchester County in about 9 hours — definitely not a world record, but it was a lot of fun anyway. My leg was slotted as a 5.3 …