Thankfully, there isn’t much torture to report this week. The last seven days delivered to me the joy and rejuvenation that is a recovery week. Early on in the week I wasn’t all that impressed with the recovery process. I still felt tired doing my normal distance runs on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I was…
Category: Torture Report
How do you “know” when you are a runner? #TBT
While we are currently on the road to training for a 50-mile race, I have been participating in 50Ks for the last several years. Today, I am sharing my race experience from a few weeks ago. You’d think all that time running ultra distances would also mean I had acquired some level of confidence… well?…
Tuesday’s Torture Report #3: Hamstrings, short track and promise of booze!
G’s Update: This week my training got serious. For the first time since I started training with 50 miles in mind, things have gotten out of my comfort zone. I have trained for several 50Ks so there is a threshold of work that I haven’t crossed before. Aside from a pretty lofty week of 48…
Tuesday’s Torture Report #2
This week has brought running antics, agony of defeat and not a lot of miles for 1/2 of the 40 for 40 team. Mary, our speedy team member, took a hard fall on her 8-mile run this week. Four miles into her run, she made a U-turn that landed her face first on the sidewalk…
Tuesday’s Torture Report
Last Thursday, you read about our adventure in the making, the “40 for 40.” Each Tuesday, we will post a blog updating our progress from the previous week. The most significant tidbit this week is that we registered for the Outrun 24-Hour Trail Race in Kirtland, Ohio on April 26th. I would like to add…
Lowi & G 