Independence Day. It’s July already! A quick look at the fridge and I can still remember buying this Collector’s Edition Sports Illustrated Swim suit calender. I clearly remember removing the protective plastic wrapping from it. I sat for several minutes lost in a daydream, praising whoever created the camera. Back to reality and a great day [...]
Posts Tagged ‘running’
Relationships, Fitness, and Cold Pizza at 2 a.m.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abs, boston, Capoeira, cold pizza, fitness, heavy bag, Relationships, running on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Run is DONE!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged running on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished the 7.5 mile race in 1:14:41, just under the 10 min/mile pace. The weather was perfect, 65 degrees, cloudy and just a bit misty, and running along the river was nice. As I was running, I was composing in my head a Bill Simmons-style record of my thoughts during the race. This is [...]
The End is Near, or Things I Am Looking Forward to Never Doing Again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged running on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is it.
Twelve hours from now, I’ll either be enjoying a tasty burger with Sandy and my brother, or lying facedown on the Esplanade.
The race begins at 9am. My goal is to finish the damn thing without having to stop and walk any of it, and possibly to keep on pace for a 10 minute/mile [...]
Running in a Thunderstorm and Other Things That Serve You Right For Being a Lazy Jerk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fitness, motivation, running, thunderstorms on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lately I’ve gotten into a habit that goes something like this:
I’m setting my alarm before I go to bed. I think to myself, I’ll set my alarm for 7am, get up and go running. Yeah!
7am arrives. My alarm goes off and I think to myself, Oh, hell no. And then I sleep for another hour.
Today [...]
In Which Coral Bites Off More Than She Can Chew
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charles river run, fitness, running on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I agreed to do something which may or may not turn out to be a bad idea. I’m not going to say I was talked into it, but the idea was brought up and there was some chatting and curiosity got the better of me and here I am with a $25 dollar charge [...]
