Archive for August, 2004

Quick run

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004

I've reset my mileage goal for this week entirely given the wedding on Saturday - I'm aiming to hit 20 by Friday, and with the quick 3 I did last night, I'm sitting at 11.5 so far. I figure I can pull a couple of four milers tomorrow and Friday ...

More! More!

Monday, August 23rd, 2004

Did a quick three miles today, mostly as stress relief; it was an excellent run. And by the way - thanks, Richard, for the mention of listening to DVD commentaries on the iPod. I spent a bit of time fiddling with things this weekend and ended up listening to the ...

Inspiration

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

Wow - what a race that was. I speak, of course, of the women's Olympic marathon. I started watching about half an hour before the finish, having just come in from my measly 5.5 miles, and I stayed engrossed on the couch from then til the end. I saw Paula Radcliffe ...

Pressure

Thursday, August 19th, 2004

The wedding stuff is really starting to pile up now; I didn't get a chance to run today, but I'm very much looking forward to getting out tomorrow (hopefully in the morning, but at this point I'll take anything). It's not so much that I'm stressed out - it's just ...

4 good miles

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

The title says it all, really - I did four good miles on the trail today. What's more, I'm about thirty minutes from finishing my most recent audiobook on the old iPod (this one's been slow since I ran for a week and a half without the 'pod). Sometimes I ...