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I've decided against doing the Keep Austin Weird 5K
The race is at 6pm. Unless some freak cold front is supposed to blow through by next weekend, it sounds entirely miserable. And I'm not dying to see any of the bands playing at the festival, so the choice was easy ( Read more... ) -
Ouch
Just found out that the Moonlight Margarita Run is $60 for both the run and the party. Supposedly the party is worth it, and I certainly want to support the Town Lake Trail Foundation, but ... damn. Maybe I'll just do the race ($30) and do a birthday dinner somewhere else after. Or maybe there are better ways to spend my birthday. -
I heart crazy people
I love that even in Texas, there are people insane enough to schedule evening running events in the middle of the summer. Check out this lineup:
Keep Austin Weird 5K June 28
Bat Run 5K July 13
Moonlight Margarita Run 5K August 7
Nike Human Race 10K August 31 ( Read more... ) -
ouch
In Friday's yoga class we did some pretty deep hip openers/stretches. They mostly felt great, and I know I need to work on that area, but I think I went too deep and/or held too long on one stretch - I could feel it a little more than I probably should have deep in my left ... well, the left side of my butt, right around where I think the IT band ( Read more... ) -
Good luck xiuxan
on your 10K tomorrow!! -
My semi-triumphant return
I took last week off from running to rest my leg, which has been hurting since the 10K three weeks ago. In doing so I think I managed to miss the last nice week of running weather for the year (dry 50s and 60s, come back! I'm sorry I said I hated you!), and we started up again last night - with 80 degree temps and probably around 80 percent ( Read more... ) -
ITB
Riley and I took a short (2 miles), slow run through the neighborhood last night, my first since the 10K. The IT band is still a little twingey but definitely feels better than it did during the last couple of miles on Sunday. I'm going to keep the mileage very low for the next couple of weeks, and hopefully it'll be fine ( Read more... ) -
10kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
Preparing for last weekend's Cap10K was tough for me, more mentally than physically. I signed up for a training program, didn't like it, and stopped going halfway through, convinced I could just train on my own. I kept it up fine for a couple of weeks, but at the beginning of March I picked up some sort of intestinal disturbance that caused a ( Read more... ) -
What is everyone's plan for tomorrow?
I'm dogsitting for Edward, so I'm just going to walk from his house to the race, probably leaving around 7:30. Y'all are welcome to park here if you don't mind the walk (the walk back - uphill! - is what I'm worried about).
A local running coach has a video up where he talks about each mile of the race. running4.25 miles
Pretty good run last night. I think the 10K will go OK once I'm not dealing with mad dogs and poop bags. (Actually Riley was really well-behaved.) 3 miles on Thursday, maybe yoga on Saturday ... then it's HERE! Yikes!