Running

Luck Was Wished. Thanks Were Given.

When I asked you to wish me luck yesterday, I knew I'd need it. And boy, did I. I did a slow 1.5 miles last night in 20 minutes, and when I got home from work today, I hit the treadmill and pounded out 3.1 miles--in 37 minutes. Eww. Eww, I say. Eww. But I did it, and...

Two Lessons My New Treadmill Taught Me

  After an evening of fighting with my new and unassembled treadmill, I got a chance to go for a run the next morning. And it beat me like a Wookiee in the spice mines of Kessell. I made it through my run, did about 3.5 miles on it, but it was slow. Really slow. And I...

Run While You Can

You know, that's kind of how I feel today. Something always comes up. Either it's too cold, you're too busy, you didn't eat a good dinner last night, you didn't sleep well, whatever. Something comes up as an excuse for you not to run, so you don't. Not that...

Running with Asthma 2: The Reckoning

Yesterday was both a fantastic day and a terrible one. For the first time in over a week, the weather was clear and sunny (read: no ice storms in Tennessee). So I was finally able to go out for a run instead of hitting the elliptical or doing yoga. I ran a 5k in 27...