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August 31, 2005
Blogging is impacting my marathon training...
I just realized that there really is a direct correlation between my marathon training and my blogging. It has been almost a month since I last posted on my blog and it has been equally as long since I had good run. In fact my only runs the past few weeks have been to measure the run courses for our TriAmerica races. Seeing how the past two TriAmerica races had 5K loop courses, I certainly can't say I chalked up any mileage. I now have to face the fact that there is no way I could survive a major marathon a couple of months from now. I guess I could wear purple and pretend I was a TNT athlete so I could walk the marathon. I kid the TNT athletes, they are a great group of people supporting a great cause.
I sort of knew this might happen when I signed up for the marathon this spring. Once our triathlon season is underway and we hit the road with our TriAmerica Series, sleep tends to work its way down low on my priority list. Its not that I don't enjoy my sleep, there's just too much work to be done and not enough hours in the day. Hmmm, it may be time for me to join workaholics anonymous.
Of course now I have to pick another event to train for. I need something to aim for or I’ll never motivate myself to get back in shape. If I can jump-start my running soon I could build up a strong enough base to run the Honolulu Marathon in mid-December. It is one of the few major marathons that has no limit on participation. You can actually sign-up race week.
To complicate matters I threw my back out last week. It is all I can do to try and stand up straight. I was hoping to make it to a chiropractor before I hopped on the plane to our TriAmerica Vail race, but seeing how I was only home one day this week, time was not on my side. I'm sure I'll be able to locate one when we get settled in Vail.
My back has actually been nice to me so far this year. I totally abused my back when I was in the nursery business, and it lets me know that several times a year. I hate admit it, but I think old age may also have something to do with it.
Time to get back to work…
Posted by Fred at August 31, 2005 08:56 AM | More in: Random Thoughts
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Fred, I pulled out my old bud-lite series triathlon results from the '80s (before online results and they actually mailed you the results) and I saw that you whipped me every time. I took a hiatus from triathlons from '90 to '03, but enjoy them more than ever (along with my first marathon at the age of 50)... get back into training so we can go head-to-head again!
Posted by: Randy Brown at October 27, 2005 11:51 AM