One of the big events I really wanted to watch live on TV during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was the men’s marathon. Unfortunately, I forgot that when the schedule said the marathon was being run on Sunday that meant it was going to be on TV live in the US on Saturday. D’oh! Oh [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 17, 2008
Race report: Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon
I’m finally a 3:30 marathoner.
The week leading up to the Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon didn’t start out so well. What was supposed to be a 20-mile run the weekend before turned into a pair of runs on Saturday and Sunday, a 9-miler and an 11-miler. I just wasn’t “feeling it” either [...]
August 7, 2008
Getting better with the Yasso 800s
This evening’s times:
3:02
2:57!!!
3:00
3:05
3:04
3:05
3:06
3:08
3:05
3:08
That’s a range of 11 seconds. More variability than last time, but faster times. Even managed a sub-3:00 split!
Next week… the Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon.
August 3, 2008
US Olympic marathoner seals and mows
This is why I’ll be much more interested in the less flashier sports than, say, mens basketball, when the Beijing 2008 Olympic games begin.
Sell, 30, still doesn’t own a cell phone. He seals his own driveway. Just last week, he came home during his lunch break from Home Depot in Rochester Hills – where he [...]
August 2, 2008
Firing on all cylinders!
I went on what was supposed to be a 20 mile run. I originally planned on starting out from the house and running along Marine Drive out to I-205 and over the I-205 bridge into Washington and back. But that’s a pretty boring run; flat, but boring. So I decided to make it a little [...]
