Location
slagle, la
Location
slagle, la
Birthday:
April 12
What is your goal race for the year?
I don't know
What is your greatest running accomplishment?
staying upright
What is your "ultimate dream" running goal?
meet and exceed the "30% Cooper Standard" for running (1.5mi in 14:56)
So there I was, my whole life hanging on my ability to shave 40-some seconds off of my 1.5 mile run in 7 days. For me, this would be as easy as juggling bubbling lava while quoting The Bard in the "original" Cantonese. Yeah, it's just like that. My new shoes still felt new. My new running watch had two runs saved to memory and I was seriously wondering if I had the mental capacity to walk and chew gum (or run and remember how to operate the watch) at the same time. This was about the…
(Sulcata: aka Spur Thigh Tortoise)
Ok, so it's now something like five weeks since I started to change things up to some type of approximation of proper form, function and an illusion of speed. Time for another update. (as much for me to look back on as anything, I suppose)
I guess I should recap. In the first five weeks of this "class" I'm in, I managed to over-strain my left lcl, flirt with shin splints (I'm told) and pull a hammy. That was running my old way, and…