Tag: marathon

As noted, the Pasadena Marathon was cancelled due to the poor air quality caused by fires on three sides of Pasadena. The dearth of blog posts in the final six weeks leading up to the marathon stemmed from nagging injuries that kept me from following the training regimen through that period. The most debilitating of…

The Pasadena Marathon got cancelled because of smoke from wildfires to the southeast and northwest. I may list later the ways in which this sucks, but I will start with this one: the official web site, one hour after cancellation, does not show that the event was cancelled. They instead relied on Email to let…

The dreadful ache in my thighs, residual from Tuesday’s Good Medicine workout, is steadily making its way out, but Thursday’s 1-mile repeats left me with an injury in my soleus that will take a few more days to heal. Because of this, I did not run with the dozen people putting in 15 miles today….

Maybe this has been on the marathon’s web site all along, but I just found the following at http://www.pasadenamarathon.org/forms/FAQrev.pdf: Q: What time do the various race-day events start?A: Bike Tour, 6:00 a.m.  Marathon & Half Marathon, 6:30 a.m.  5K & Fun Run/Walk, 6:50 a.m. I like the fact that our marathoners and half-marathoners will get…

It is supposed to be a CrossFit/Bootcamp day, but my legs are in as much pain as they were yesterday. So my workout: take the whippets on a walk. The small hills at the top of Lake Ave. were a significant challenge. 🙁

Despite the fatigue still firmly in my quads, I met Jeff, Jim, and Ted this morning at the middle school to run four one-mile repeats. The stiff legs definitely held me back. Here are my times: 6:33 6:29 Did not finish Did not even start With about 300 meters left in my third mile, I…

This is a Rest Day, and I am glad; those med-ball cleans from yesterday have my thighs extremely sore. I went for a couple of miles’ hike this evening in the hope of loosening them up. Maybe it helped, but they are still in bad shape.

Today’s “Good Medicine” CrossFit workout at the academy loosened up all the stiffness in my hip from yesterday. Just the wall squats we did for warm-up worked wonders! The assignment: complete as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in 20 minutes of 10 Med Ball Cleans (M-20lbs, W-16lbs) 10 Push-ups Lawrence and I, working side by…

I stayed up late Sunday night and slept in a little this morning. When I got up and headed  out to warm up for my 5-mile mid-tempo run, I did not feel quite right–a little bit of stiffness in my left hip. And when I saw how much more traffic is on the streets at…

Liz Goodman Logelin Memorial 5k A coworker and friend of a close friend of mine went through “life and death. all in a 27-hour period.”