The First Day
Posted by Admin on November 30, 2009 in Training
I swam this morning for the first time since August. After injuring my knee, I wound up doing nothing in terms of triathlon/endurance training and instead focused wholly on eating, drinking, and being merry. With the knee feeling so much better – in my estimate, it’s 60% of normal – and with so many other […]
Knee Surgery
Posted by Admin on November 18, 2009 in Training
Well, I had the knee surgery today and all went well. Things couldn’t have been smoother. It is considered to be such a routine surgical procedure, or at least according to me, so I really had no nerves or concerns at all going into it. The same couldn’t be said for some of the other […]
The Wind Down
Posted by Admin on November 9, 2009 in Training
For years, I’ve played two-hand-touch, co-ed football with a team named Sacks In The City. We boast some impressive records, most of which are historical, but all within the framework of a very limited scope. I think I remember once bragging, “We are the greatest co-ed football team in a two-hand-touch format on the island […]
The NYC Marathon
Posted by Admin on November 1, 2009 in Training
It’s a big race, this NYC Marathon. Big is a relative word, but in terms of the 42,000 runners, the scores of police and race officials and volunteers, the spectators, the media folks covering it, and the geography that includes 5 boroughs, it fits in every sense. In the much smaller races in which I […]
Marathon Day is Approaching
Posted by Admin on October 28, 2009 in Training
In four short days, the running world will descend on NYC. 40,000+ runners will make their collective way through all five boroughs… and I won’t be one of them. I’m at once both a bit dejected about my situation but at peace too. I wasn’t sure how I’d be reacting but I’m surprisingly well. Actually, […]