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Author: Paul Radcliffe
August 19, 2012
Before A Midsummer Night’s Run
Perhaps I should make demonic summoning part of my usual race prep… And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate’s team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream… -A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare Full race report and technical report about the wings to come.
August 14, 2012
Combining to get re-motivated
So I’ve been pretty bad about being healthy in general for the last couple of weeks. Got shot down twice in a week and my spirit just tanked. I fell into a massive Pokémon relapse. I hadn’t played in over 5 years. But, a trip to the store for a used game and too much time on eBay and I wound up with not one, but TWO Pokémon games for my DS (newfangled version of a Game Boy). The hours I put into playing were probably therapeutic, but ruined my sleeping schedule. My workouts were limited by recovering from injury,[…continue reading]
July 31, 2012
New Diet: Week 9 – Injured but still kicking
I was really worried that I would gain weight this week. As I posted before, I injured my left foot on Tuesday night and missed two runs and a gym visit since then. I did go for my usual Monday swim, but with the missing workouts I was sure I was going to be in trouble. I’m really glad that my weight stayed the same. I’m very relieved. Being injured has really made me question my mortality. I used to think I was invincible and unstoppable! Being sidelined like this makes me feel vulnerable and lost. Maybe this will help[…continue reading]
