Yep, it’s our second half marathon in seven days! All it took was one to get us hooked. Of course, we don’t plan on keeping this kind of race schedule… gonna wait till November for our next one. The Mother Road (Half) Marathon, the name says pretty much everything. Yes, this race is run on some …
The Plano Balloon Festival should have been our second half marathon; a cool-weather, flat and fast (for us) race we would use to submit proof of time for our Dopey Challenge in January. Alas, Mr. Murphy had other plans. In April, the Alamo Half got rained out (my thoughts on the Alamo Run Fest). We …
To say it was an eventful few weeks, would be an understatement. Weeks 8-11 of Dopey training were “seat of our pants” to say the least. Sandy and I had taken a quick trip up to Lubbock to visit my step-son at Tech. That same week (Dopey Week 8/9), Texas got an unwanted visit from …
Howdy, gang! Week 7 was pretty much status quo for training… Hotter than ever here, still trying to escape the heat with night time runs and early morning runs. Sooner or later I’m afraid a spin on the “dreadmill” may be required. Since I like to share something at least a little different each week, I thought …
The coast was a callin’, and we wholeheartedly obliged! I couldn’t remember the last time I was in Port Aransas, which used to be mine and Sandy’s go-to getaway. So when Sandy showed me the info for the Sand Crab Beach Run, it was time to head south. I mean, how can you resist a …
Now it’s gettin’ real! Weeks 5 & 6 of Dopey training are under our belts, and it’s beginning to feel a little more like training! If you have been following our journey to Dopey, you will remember that in week 4 I wrote about having trouble getting/staying motivated… that I just didn’t feel that I …
Although I have had Coast HL7 Pure Beam Focus Headlamp since last Christmas, I’ve only recently used it enough to give it a good shakedown, and a qualified review. So now that I have used it on some Dopey training runs (running at night in search of bearable temperatures) and again at the Port Aransas …
(or “How to stay motivated when your training doesn’t feel important”) I’m officially 4 weeks along in my Dopey Challenge Training, so I thought it would be a good time for a quick update. You wouldn’t think there would be much to write about this early on in the program, right? For the most part …
Went to a festival in town this past weekend and ran into some folks I hadn’t seen since embarking on my weight loss journey. Surprisingly, a couple of them didn’t recognize me at first. Once we established who I was, the consensus reaction was, “Wow, you look great! How did you do it?!?” My standard …
Another”first” in the books for Sandy and I this weekend! Although I had provided entertainment (in my past life as a mobile DJ) for the previous iteration of this run (originally called the “Thump Day 5k”). This was the first year I had participated as a runner, and am glad I did. The Thumpin’ 5K …
