Around 6am Sunday, May 3, I looked up to see this view from inside my tent. I’d like to say I woke up to see this but after I threw in the towel around 3 am on this 24-hour epic trail tale I did more groaning and unsuccessfully trying to find a comfortable resting position…
Category: Torture Report
Torture Report: 24 Hours for a Mug and Eat your High Fat…I’m Out!
(G) I’ve tapered, I am resting and just doing some light running this week. Over the weekend, I wrapped up the official training for Outrun 24 with a 10-miler. While there wasn’t any major mileage in the last week I did manage to drop another toenail so I am going to be at the starting…
Torture Report: Bouncing Back Wearing Mismatched Shoes and Eating More Protein
(G) Last week was uneventful for me. Another recovery week post-race is always a bonus! I did do a few walks during the week just to try to make my return to running a little easier. It did not. Let me preface this by saying that Saturday was beautiful here in Ohio. It was nearly…
Torture Report: Concrete Combat and Back on Track
(G) It seems I like my running to be a lot like my feeding schedule: consistent and uninterrupted. Over the weekend, Swaggy J and I participated in our first-ever relay event. Our 2-person team covered 71.1 miles in just under 18 hours at The Ohio State University for 1 Day for the KIA. As a…
Torture Report: Tripping, Exploring, Shoes, Ice, Ibuprofen and Good Causes
(G) 1-Day for KIA The countdown is ON as race season kicks into über-high gear. Our next race is Saturday and I am using it as a long training day leading to the Outrun 24, which is less than 4 weeks away! Yikes 🙂 But this week we are focused on supporting a great,…
Torture Report: Holy Hills, Night Running and Lunges
(G) Last year about this time I had the bright idea to run at night. Due to scheduling issues, needing to run, and some other life events, the night running experience came/went again this last week. Twenty miles, on the treadmill, on a Friday night — clearly I need to take up drugs or something….
Lowi & G 