It may only be June 15, but take a look at my photo stream and it’s clear I’ve already squeezed in an entire season’s worth of activities before the summer solstice. And that’s just a few select excursions. Ever since the mercury hit 60+ degrees, my weekends and weekdays alike have been jam-packed with summertimeContinue reading “No Means No”
Tag Archives: marathon training
Non-Reckless Behavior
Little in arts and film is idealized, glorified or downright romanticized more than the act of sheer recklessness. Forgoing your dream job to drive from Boston to California to see about a girl? Romantic. Flinging yourself back into the RMS Titanic from the safety of your lifeboat in order to spend one steamy evening withContinue reading “Non-Reckless Behavior”
Life Has a Funny Way
I’ll blindly stand behind most things nineties — Lisa Frank, Tamagotchis, that puppet dinosaur show that briefly aired on TGIF — but Alanis Morissette’s hit single “Ironic” has always annoyed me just a bit. A traffic jam when you’re already late. A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break. It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you needContinue reading “Life Has a Funny Way”
Moving Forward
An anonymous blog reader with terrible typing skills, questionable computer privileges and the twitter handle golden.doodle12 emailed today to ask when I’d move on from Boston and start posting gratuitous dog photos again. The truth is, I don’t think most of us will ever truly move on. The events on Boylston Street that transpired aContinue reading “Moving Forward”
The Honeymoon’s Over
I’ve been in a committed relationship since January 2011, and I hate to admit it here for the whole world to read, but the novelty has started to wear off. When we first started seeing each other, it was new and exciting and gave me a real purpose for waking up each day. Together, IContinue reading “The Honeymoon’s Over”
Guest Post: Running My Way Through History
Note from the real RiledUpRunner: A special shout-out to my first guest blogger ever! Jamie, who writes her own blog about running in what Forrest Gump calls our Nation’s Capital, reflects on the beltway running scene in the following post. I’ve never met Jamie myself, but her blog is awesome, her girlfriend is one of myContinue reading “Guest Post: Running My Way Through History”
Back in the Game
As I laced up my racing shoes this past weekend for my first timed trial since the Marine Corps Marathon, all signs were pointing to a terrible performance: My much faster racing partner who was going to pace me to a new PR had to bow out Sunday morning because of a massive hangover to save someContinue reading “Back in the Game”
Marathon Weight Gain
There are plenty of good reasons to run a marathon: the sense of personal achievement, raising money for a cause, offending a bear on a 26.1-mile-long chain. There’s also at least one bad reason to run one: to lose weight. As counterintuitive as it may seem, signing on to run a four-hour-long road race isContinue reading “Marathon Weight Gain”
Accidental Recovery
After four months of painstakingly disciplined marathon training, I had big plans to throw caution to the wind this week and disregard everything I’d ever read about post-marathon recovery. A tad hubristic, sure, but after 16 weeks of scheduled workouts and calculated nutrition and near-religious adherence to a calendar, I wanted nothing more when IContinue reading “Accidental Recovery”
Practice Makes Perfect
I’ve received a lot of well-meaning advice as my inaugural marathon approaches (“Walk through the water stations!” “Don’t weave during the first half!” “Have a friend join you at mile 22!”) as well as some less-than-constructive suggestions (“Don’t run an f-ing marathon!”) but the tip that’s been most often recited to me by marathoners andContinue reading “Practice Makes Perfect”
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