I mentioned last week that I’m in the midst of training for the Berlin Half Marathon, and I’m eager to share my progress with you. Despite an enormous amount of work and frigid temperatures, my 5th week of training went surprisingly well. Here was the plan: Speed training: 7 x 400 meters at 10K race pace …
Category: Berlin
The Berlin Half: Week 4
Did I mention that in August I signed myself up for the April 2012 Berlin Half Marathon? Good thing I was on the ball back then because apparently, as of a couple weeks ago, all 27,500 spots have been already taken! Now with 8 weeks to go until the race, I’m in full training mode …
Signs of the Season
I promise, I’m still here
I have been teaching college freshmen since the beginning of September, which has everything to do with the abandoned state of this blog since then. What a tremendous amount of work, as all you instructors/professors/teachers know, even when you have a relatively set curriculum. I’ve been doing pretty much nothing else other than working and …