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February 1, 2015

Photos from February 1 Run

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Here are some pictures I took as the “spectator” while my group ran 18km this morning. They are slightly out of order. Click on any picture for a bigger version.



January 30, 2015

Detail showing the gastrocnemis muscle

Injured Again

by pyrad
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I was in a bit of a lecturing mood for the last week or so, telling any runner who would listen too take it easy because injury is awful. It turns out that I was indirectly trying to preach to myself. My clinic did speed intervals on Tuesday, January 20. After warm-up, we did 4×2 minute intervals with 2 minute rests. I told them that this workout is a high-risk/high-reward kind of workout. Everyone was wrecked after the workout: All were sore, a couple were discouraged, and one guy was so exhausted by the run that he had his best[…continue reading]



January 26, 2015

Video Games Relapse

So, there haven’t been any updates to this blog lately. I have an explanation: I had a video game relapse recently. I mused in the summer that I didn’t play video games much anymore. But, as I posted in a Facebook post back in November, I felt like Dragon Age Inquisition would be the biggest threat to my training season. It has been so far. I have been very impressed with this latest iteration in the Dragon Age series. The story is compelling, the graphics are great, and the gameplay is fun. I got very immersed in the story and[…continue reading]