(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…
Tag: Slacker Half Marathon
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…
Torture Report: Altitude Attitude & Slacker Training
(G) What a week it has been. I flew to Colorado early Wednesday morning and returned home Sunday afternoon. We had some graduation celebrating to do and I managed to squeeze in a little exercise. Although I like to think just climbing the stairs in Colorado is hard training and exertion for a flat-lander like…
Torture Report: Wonder Woman Has Limits, So It Begins
(L) The much pondered and long-awaited answer to my decision about the Outrun 24 2015 has been made. I officially bailed out of the race yesterday. G called almost immediately after the email had been sent to the race director. It’s like her radar was on high alert. She responded by saying she knew what…
Torture Report: Training on fire; Pocahontas is a Slacker with new shoes!!
(G) Johnny Armani likes to torture himself in his own way. He waits, intentionally, until the heat of the day to workout. Then periodically I get these selfies and check in messages. Saturday and Sunday this week were my first serious foray into heat training this year. We got out at about 11:30 am…
Tuesday’s Torture Report is Back!!!: Detox juice, 100Miles, AB Challenge & Pocahontas
Back by popular demand, Tuesday’s Torture Report! We have heard from many of you that you miss our weekly torture reports. Apparently, you enjoy reading about the relentless ways we find to torture ourselves in the name of fitness and the fact that we aren’t very good at most of them. So, we have moved…
