That’s what I was thinking when I woke up this morning. The plan was to wake up at 2 am, change and gather my stuff, then drive the 3+ hours to Sunriver to run the Pacific Crest Marathon. I made sure to have everything ready the night before: 6 gel packs, 2 500ml bottles of [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 17, 2008
Denied
Crazy Idea #2 got vetoed.
I need to work on selling the “fantastic vistas of the surrounding mountain ranges: the Panamints, the Funerals, the Cottonwoods, the Blacks and the Grapevines. Your immediate surroundings are the exotic flora and fauna found only on the desert floor” instead of “hey, what do you think about me running a [...]
June 17, 2008
Crazy Ideas #1 and #2
#1:
October 12: Bank of America Chicago Marathon (registered)
October 18: Indianapolis Marathon (undecided)
October 19: Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon (undecided)
October 25: Autumn Leaves 50-mile (registered)
#2:
December 6: Death Valley Borax Marathon
December 7: Las Vegas Marathon
I’m pretty sure I can combine Crazy Idea #2 into a pre-holiday family visit.
June 16, 2008
More Yasso 800s
I ran another round of Yasso 800s, which I described previously. Here are my times:
3:13
3:12
3:12
3:12
3:10
3:09
3:08
3:14
3:13
3:09
That’s a 3:11 average, 3 seconds slower than 2 months ago. Less variability, though. So I suppose that’s good news.
