Here in Northern California, the cold weather has arrived with winters breath, and the fall leaves are now dappling their color on the roads. With the rain and wind, the leaves have lost their last hold in the trees, and now wait to be frozen in place under the coming snows. Until then, they lay in wait to catch the unsuspecting cyclist or runner off guard with their ice-like slipperiness.
This one is for you mom…
Yes, this is the view I get to wake up to from my second story bedroom window… I am blessed, I know.
Ran with my feet wet this weekend and didn’t get blisters but apparently compromised the new skin on the bottom of my feet, because I started to get a hot spot less than 10 minutes into my run today. Now I have a nice big blister right where the last one was…not quite AS big, thank God.
This morning I woke up and got all fueled up not for a long ride out to Golden and some climbing up Lookout Mountain but for a LONG run in my new kicks around the lovely parks of Denver, CO. It was a very successful run and now I’m actually picking my pace up too! No more k2 jogging but back on track to actually running and feeling stronger and faster each time I hit the pavement or trails. Today I put in my longest run in a year, I have no clue my mileage or pace and could care less (for now) it’s all about pushing my mind and body and being in the moment… free.
Here’s my first official action as a member of the Runner’s World advisory board: encouraging you marathoners to take the marathon survey on the front page of the Runner’s World site. While you’re at it, check out the great forums, including many threads on yoga (where one of my biggest fans has promoted my book; I’m a fan of hers, too). My first yoga column for the magazine will run in the September issue.
The documentary of Dean Karnazes’ incredible running achievement opens soon:
We received the following report from Dean Karnazes yesterday, an amazing summary of his race across the Gobi Desert. It’s incredible to even finish this odyssey, but out of 190 entries, Dean finished fourth. Check it out:
NOTES FROM MY TNF CHINA VISIT
JUNE 4-17, 2008
I would venture to say that most of you reading this column are like me, you’re drawn to extremes. Moderation bores you. You seek challenges and adventures that dwell on the outer edges. The path of least resistance is not a route much traveled.
Would have known that there was something missing for the world to be right or he right in it and would have set forth to wander wherever it was needed for as long as it took until he came upon one and he would have known that that was what he sought and it would have been. -Cormac McCarthy
My left shin was raging literally a quarter of a mile into my run last night. As Kip would say, “I was just a little T-O’ed.” I’d planned a 70 minute run, so when I was already in pain before minute three, it was frustrating to say the least.
