Sunday February 15 through Saturday February 21
Sunday -- 22 miles (2:50:00)
Monday -- 60 minutes treadmill
Tuesday -- 50 minutes treadmill
Wednesday -- 60 minutes treadmill
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- 60 minutes treadmill
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Week 9
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Shakespeare on Racing
Theories on racing abound. Some runners sit and meditate before racing. Others whip themselves into a frenzy. Some run cold, some run hot.
Here are two Shakespearean antagonists, each expressing perfectly one of the two extremes.
For those who run with ice in their veins, channel the righteous avenger:
Macduff: I have no words; / My voice is in my sword . . .
For those who run with their hair on fire, channel the tragic hero:
Macbeth: Lay on, Macduff, / And damn’d be him that first cries, “Hold, enough!”
Who, may I ask, are you?
Here are two Shakespearean antagonists, each expressing perfectly one of the two extremes.
For those who run with ice in their veins, channel the righteous avenger:
Macduff: I have no words; / My voice is in my sword . . .
For those who run with their hair on fire, channel the tragic hero:
Macbeth: Lay on, Macduff, / And damn’d be him that first cries, “Hold, enough!”
Who, may I ask, are you?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Week 10
Sunday February 8 through Saturday February 14
Sunday -- 16 miles (2:30:00)
Monday -- 70 minutes treadmill
Tuesday -- 60 minutes treadmill
Wednesday -- 50 minutes treadmill
Thursday -- 70 minutes treadmill
Friday -- Rest
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Week 11
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Ode to the Treadmill
To commemorate the first snowfall of the season here in the District, I thought I would extol the virtues of indoor training. Most runners (most athletes) prefer training outside. I understand this. Runners are a free-spirited flock, and prefer the open air to air conditioning. Moreover, runners generally associate indoor training with injury. Yet most runners abhor no mechanical apparatus more than the treadmill (which you can use only if you can, well, run). Most runners despise the "dreadmill" and have nothing nice to say about it. Rancor and enmity best reserved for more pressing matters are lavished on it. I seem to enjoy being contrary, however, so I will defend the noble machine.
Like running on spinning sandpaper? No. Think of floating across rolling clouds of downy feathers. Like being confined to a hamster wheel? No. Free your mind and in your imagination you will soar -- no need to worry about cars, pedestrians, or inclement weather. Training for Boston? Run hills. Training for Chicago? Run flats. Run fast? Run slow? Choose whatever speed you like.
In these gloomy days, when running before or after work means running in the dark and cold, I say: Run inside! Remember, April 20 will likely be 60 degrees, not 16 degrees. So run on the treadmill. I do.
Like running on spinning sandpaper? No. Think of floating across rolling clouds of downy feathers. Like being confined to a hamster wheel? No. Free your mind and in your imagination you will soar -- no need to worry about cars, pedestrians, or inclement weather. Training for Boston? Run hills. Training for Chicago? Run flats. Run fast? Run slow? Choose whatever speed you like.
In these gloomy days, when running before or after work means running in the dark and cold, I say: Run inside! Remember, April 20 will likely be 60 degrees, not 16 degrees. So run on the treadmill. I do.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Classic Inspiration XX
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see . . . fighting, not the victor raving over the vanquished. . . . It is the same in gambling, and the same in the search for truth. . . . We never seek things for themselves — what we seek is the very seeking of things.
Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Week 12
Sunday January 25 through Saturday January 31
Sunday -- Miami Half (1:18:23)
Monday -- Rest
Tuesday -- 50 minutes treadmill
Wednesday -- 50 minutes treadmill
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- 30 minutes treadmill
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