paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
September 19, 2012
Yellow is my colour this fall
I guess yellow is my colour this fall. Or maybe gold? It’s nice that I get these shirts long before race day so that I can train in them before my respective races. There is a superstition that you shouldn’t wear a race shirt until the race because they’re technically finishers shirts and you haven’t finished yet. But these are almost uniforms, so I want to train in them to know how they feel and get used to them. On the left is my Team LiveSTRONG shirt that I’ll be wearing for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October[…continue reading]
September 11, 2012
Classic Overtrain
Recently, I demonstrated exactly what happens when overtraining. I got the moodiness, lack of performance and illness in spades! It’s no mystery why I wound up in this situation: Work had been unusually difficult for the last month. I’m used to being out of the office a day or two a week with short site visits and walking around construction sites. Over this month I was out 3-4 times a week, in really hot weather wearing very hot safety gear and heavy steel toe-boots. One day involved walking all over a carhouse checking systems. My pedometer said I took more[…continue reading]
August 22, 2012
High Intensity Time
After successfully pacing A Midsummer Night’s Run, I have a great boost in motivation. You could say I have a new wind in my sails (or wings…) I’ve been having delusions of grandeur of doing really well at the Walt Disney World Half-Marathon this year. Wouldn’t it be awesome to stand on the podium!? However, a quick look at last year’s results quickly bring me back to earth. I would have to finish the half-marathon in less than 1:15 to stand a chance. I’ve never even broken 2:00 for a half-marathon yet! Such flights of fancy aren’t entirely wasteful. Rather[…continue reading]
