run this amazing day

Yesterday I went back to Active Spine and Sport yesterday for my 3ish-month gait checkup.  At the first appointment , Dr. Maggs identified a few issues in my gait that I've been working hard to resolve - the biggest one was the "tightrope" running, but also some pelvic instability and glute inactivity that was contributing to the hot mess I've been rocking my whole life as a runner.  Since that time, I've spent almost 100% of my time running concentrating on the way I land (not running on a tightrope), keeping my hips forward and my pelvis tucked under and my shoulders back and down.  I've also been continuing with my booty-busting glute and hip strength program, plus doing all of the crazy drills and exercises he prescribed to hopefully send things in the right direction.   I feel like I've made a ton of progress over the past 6 months.  However, as I've ramped up my running the past few months, there have been some small twinges and nags that I wa...

Otherwise known as, "someone else try and figure out what I can do at Richmond." Here's the thing.  I need to have some kind of time goal in my head only so that I can figure out where to pace the first few miles.  I'd rather have a conservative goal and bust it in the chops than the other way around.  But with a 3-week training cycle right on the heels of really effed-up HR training cycle to a 70.3, I have absolutely no idea what I can do.  So let's play a game.  I'm going to lay out a bunch of information and you guys guess my finishing time.  Whoever is closest will win something.  If you're here, I'll buy you a coffee/beer/bottle of wine/lunch.  If you're far away, I'll mail you a present.  It can still be beer or coffee, or it can be Gu or sunglasses or something reasonable that you can choose.  Ready?  Here are the facts. My resting HR is 42 .  My max HR is 176 (this is without having a correct max HR test - I reac...

1. I wish I had more artistic handwriting instead of my weird little scribbles. 2. I don't like soup. 3. I won a tee-shirt on the radio when I was 8 years old for telling the joke of the morning.  (Thanks for all the jokes yesterday, BTW.) 4.  I don't eat eggs, which means in general I don't like going out for breakfast or brunch. 5. My house only has one full-size closet.  I have very serious closet envy.  I used to have baseboard molding envy. 6. Still haven't turned the heat on (except for a few hours while the redheads were here). 7. Molly likes to blow bubbles in her water bowl.  I do the same thing in the pool when I'm procrastinating starting a tough set. 8. There is only one lamp in my house that I actually like. 9.  I hate putting frozen blueberries in my smoothie because it leaves crazy black bits in my teeth. 10. I can't remember the last time I bought new underwear (not including C9 sports bras from Target). 11. I ...

1. I'm feeling pretty massively overwhelmed by life right now.  I'm swamped at work, we have some things cooking at home that are keeping us busy, and somehow I'm supposed to run a half marathon next weekend. I'm glad that I'm not in a rigid training schedule right now as I'd be feeling guilty about my serious inability to adhere to it.  If I can get through about next Monday, things should calm down a bit and I can hopefully catch up on the rest of life - both my own and yours! 2. I still haven't decided on a goal for Richmond.  I'd like to set some sort of rough time goal just so I have a place to start as far as pace.  I was hoping that the 14+ I ran last weekend would give me a good idea of where I am, but that 14 was coming off the highest-mileage week I've had since February and my tired legs gave me a big fat middle finger when I tried to pick it up a bit at the end.  I'm planning on running 8-10 this weekend on more rested legs and am ...