(G): The week ended much like it began: difficult. Last Tuesday I put 10 miles into my day, another 10 on Friday and wrapped it all up with serious effort in getting new flooring put in over the weekend. The other days sprinkled in between had dashes and flashes of intensity but nothing quite…
Category: Torture Report
Torture Report: H-O-T, Crazy Plans & Mai Tais!
(G) It was H-O-T on Saturday and it hit us Ohioans like a crashing wave. Lately, if you aren’t from around here, July has been dating April and well, it wasn’t a good fit. It really didn’t bring out the best in either of them. It rained about 27 of the last 34-ish days, the…
Torture Report: Quickly Sidetracked and Aloha!
(G) Last week started with a fury and then petered out rather quickly. Between feeling not so energetic and having friends in over the weekend I got sidetracked, quickly. Tuesday started out strong with some serious hill work and crazy planking. Then Wednesday was more like “What I Am Not Doing” Wednesday. I was not…
Torture Report: On Top of the World; Just Trying to Stand Up
(L) A couple of weeks ago G and I took stock of where we were half way through our year and if you will recall I had a lot of make up work to do. I can’t say I have made up for lost time, but I have been working out. The one thing I…
Torture Report: Message Received and I Did It!
(G) My torture report this week is a lot less physical effort than normal. The majority of the week I didn’t do much. Physically I was more than capable; mentally I’ve been “running on empty” for a while. I didn’t really know it until I got to Another Dam 50K and when things started to…
Torture Report: Coming to Limits of Your Skill and Testing Your Base
(G) Sometimes you’re just not good enough; or your skill, at least, is not. That’s what happened to me on Saturday at the Vegan Power 50K in Pittsfield, MA. My skill at traversing intricately woven tree roots in a speedy pace was lacking. Could I have finished? Yes Could I do it in the time…
Lowi & G 