http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/ en-us Copyright 2008 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:58:52 -0500 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:21:20 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Week 4 of the Pfitzinger plan leaves gallowalking behind, so I guess this counts as "running," so I guess this means I can post a weekly without too much embarrassment. M: 1hr elliptical (~7.2mi), lower-body weights T: AM 25min running... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/i_guess_its_tim.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/i_guess_its_tim.html running Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:58:52 -0500 If we can put a man on the moon, surely we can come up with a random function that is truly random. Maybe it's my bad luck, but I have yet to use a digital-music player that shuffles properly. I... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/now_i_remember.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/now_i_remember.html sort of about running Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:14:39 -0500 Some time ago, maybe a year, maybe a bit more, there was this great blog, Body and Blood, by a seminarian and runner named Stephen Mirarchi. It has since vanished without a trace. How I miss that blog.... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/stephen_mirarch.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/stephen_mirarch.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:26:17 -0500 A friend told me about a neat thing (that everyone in the whole world may know about already) called blip which is a website where you can "be a DJ with your own radio show." I've never aspired to be... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/love_you_blip.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/11/love_you_blip.html not running Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:21:59 -0500 why not start with Monday... M: 10mi mtb, kind of hungover. PM: appt w/sports med orthopedist; x rays show healing stress fracture, he says ok to begin gradual return to running, just need to watch for pain lasting > 1hr... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/thats_how_i_esc.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/thats_how_i_esc.html sort of about running Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:16:32 -0500 Yesterday I started the return-to-running plan, but it was not the pain-free gallop I hoped for, so I am rethinking things. What doesn't hurt at all: elliptical trainer, stairmaster, walking around in the walking boot, running to the kitchen to... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/stuck_unstuck.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/stuck_unstuck.html whining about running Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:15 -0500 Ever since I was a child, I've had times where I felt that something big, soft, and heavy was pinning me down and forcing me to take only slow, shallow breaths. I have never been able to identify the big... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/paralysis.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/paralysis.html not running Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:31:06 -0500 although I am in a foul mood, complete with headache from grinding my teeth, Let It Be Known That Mindi just rocked the Columbus Marathon, with a 3:34 and a negative split! Which makes this day a whole lot better.... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/but_anyway.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/but_anyway.html running Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:50:20 -0500 I'm at the tail end of 4 weeks in the walking boot. This past week has been good, and there have been times when I've forgotten which leg was the injured one, since neither one hurt. I spent quite a... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/right_on_cue.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/right_on_cue.html whining about running Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:23:52 -0500 Thursday: spin class in the morning, long-ass day at work, pass out on the couch before 9pm, inbed for real by 11, sleep 8 hours, wow. Friday: frustrating 50min mtb around the neighborhood in the morning. Stopped 3x to adjust... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/thursday_and_fr.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/thursday_and_fr.html not whining about not running Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:42:43 -0500 Tuesday AM: walk 30min. PM, after work: 1hr "tempo" ride at the gym, 30min ET. No pain, even at work. Wednesday AM: walk 40min. Fine for 20min, then, wait, what's this? Weird feeling in my leg. Pain? Well, maybe. Feels... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/tuesday_and_wed.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/tuesday_and_wed.html not whining about not running Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:51:17 -0500 AM: 75min cycle at the Y. 10min warmup, then 4min hard/1min easy, 5min hard/1min easy until I hit 1:10, then 5min cooldown. Today "hard" meant hr>140, but still around 90 rpm. I'd planned a half-hour on the elliptical after the... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/monday_the_ides.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/monday_the_ides.html not whining about not running Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:32:11 -0500 Two beers and two fingers of bourbon last night, and today I have a hangover I hardly deserve. On the bright side, my leg doesn't hurt at all. The last thing I wanted to do this noon was go spinning... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/scratch_that_la.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/scratch_that_la.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:31:58 -0500 Sometimes I think I'm just too old for this kind of thing. Our band played this evening at a bar downtown. We are brand-spankin' new, and we opened for some friends of ours who don't play all that often, so... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/ugh_ugh_ugh.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/ugh_ugh_ugh.html not running Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:58:17 -0500 It's definitely getting better. I got through long Thursday with no major mishaps, though by the end of the day (7pm) I was right tired, probably from not being able to move around the way I'm used to. My plans... http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/think_small.html http://www.running-blogs.com/joepositive/archives/2008/10/think_small.html not whining about not running Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:26:26 -0500