paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: Non-Running
October 17, 2014
The Rebound
I came into this interseason period with a burning feeling of failure and anger. Time and reassuring words from many dear running friends has help soothe my sore feelings after the Ottawa Army Run didn’t go as well as planned. And a little reality check has helped me refocus. I’ve had a lot off time to think about what happened at Ottawa. I don’t think I was physically ready to do the half in under 2 hours, but I could have been closer than what happened. In addition to the plethora of excuses I laid bare in that post, I[…continue reading]
September 26, 2014
Ottawa Race Report Addendum
I was in a pretty dark mood when I wrote most of my race report for the Ottawa Army Run Half-marathon. But I’m very moved and touched by the supportive comments on the blog post, and on the Facebook and Dailymile shares. I want to thank you for being such good friends. Many of you reminded me that I didn’t really fail and I was being too hard on myself. It’s quite true! If my goal had been 2:20, I would have celebrated 2:17:54. The grind to the finish line would have been an epic, hard-fought success! Instead, I[…continue reading]
September 25, 2014
New Look!
After almost 3 years, I’ve decided to give my Blog a little facelift. I have updated the theme, background, and structure, but the content will remain the same. I really liked the “Fastfood” theme by TwoBeers Crew. It looked quite sleek and technological. And I liked how it had dynamic windows and stuff that popped up. But a few people have complained that it was hard to navigate and write comments. So, I tried A LOT of themes but came back to one by TwoBeers Crew. The new theme is called Wallow. It gives me all the features and layout[…continue reading]
