Race #149 Marathon #11 State #7 (repeated a state) California Marathon #2 2018 Race #10 2018 Marathon #1 San Francisco Marathon #2 This will not be a normal recap. I have no plans to goContinue reading
Month: July 2018
Thoughts from Working the Election
Every other year, and sometimes in between, citizens all across the United States have the opportunity to participate in a uniquely democratic process that has been copied to varying degrees of success across the world.Continue reading
Running Deeper – Week 16 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
Technically, there were 17 weeks of training in this training cycle but since I miscounted at the beginning, I’ll just count the last one as race week. Training this past week went really well. IContinue reading
Food Rut
This happens frequently to me. I get going well in the whole healthy eating scheme for weeks or months, until, gradually, my go-to meals lose appeal. I stumble on for a while, either choking downContinue reading
Running Deeper – Week 15 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
As the race approaches – only two weeks away – I look back on this training cycle and while I have had some success, I feel a bit frustrated. I feel like I am stillContinue reading
Reset and Check – In
Although, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, my brain functions with the school year as my primary mental calendar, I take every opportunity to set goals which the turnover of a new calendar yearContinue reading
Running Deeper – Week 14 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Weekly Training
Last week marked a fairly good week overall. I had the week completely off from the subbing work which allowed for more schedule flexibility. As I will discuss tomorrow, I still need to work onContinue reading
Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k 2018 Race Recap
Race #148 5k #52 2018 Race #9 2018 5k #4 Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k #8 This race did not turn out as well as I had hoped but I can still learn fromContinue reading
The Kids Are Not Alright
TIME magazine recently placed the image of a crying Hispanic toddler in front of the image of the President looking down at her. The caption states “Welcome to America.” While this particular child did notContinue reading
Running Deeper – Week 13 of 16 San Francisco Marathon
I enjoyed this past week. It felt like I have finally recovered from the school year and could really dig into the workouts. It does not hurt that I have a bit of extra timeContinue reading