Still up here in Strawberry… the times in between these not so stellar training runs are busy working on prepping, priming, and painting a garage on our second property where my mother in law lives. So I was not expecting much for a shorter run today, aiming for the challenge of the hills out and [...]
Posted November 19, 2007 @ 1:00 pm • No Comments »

I’ve been overdue a pair of decent running shoes. The New Balance ones I used through the summer were actually a find at a thrift store, and did me well. But now I have a new shiny pair of Saucony Hurricane. Last year’s running went far south in October, with the shin splints, and I [...]
Posted October 2, 2007 @ 8:29 am • No Comments »

I just got back from an overnight trip to LA. I got really lucky and this opportunity came my way to be part of a focus group to review new software (it was in an area way beyond my expertise and experience, but hey, they asked me). As a result, i got enough moolah to [...]
Posted September 5, 2007 @ 9:19 pm • No Comments »

Yesterday was another fun evening with Dave and Cydne, and team-mate Brian, for a Team-D informational meeting at Rio Salado College. Where are all my Maricopa friends? Ah, one I know— Shelly, whom I lunched with yesterday, let me know she was coming next Wednesday to the kick off. That is so cool! It means [...]
Posted August 8, 2007 @ 1:08 pm • No Comments »

Over the past few years (I’ve only been there for two), the local Team Diabetes has successfully increased each year the number of runners and amounts raised for the American Diabetes Association through the activities that lead up to the January Rock and Roll Marathon. The success is due to an outstanding group of local [...]
Posted July 13, 2007 @ 6:08 pm • No Comments »

The progress of physical therapy goes slow, but it seems to be… progressing. Taking a 2 hour chunk twice a week has been nibbling a bit much at my work schedule (fortunately with working from home, and the clinic I go to is a 5 minute drive, I am lucky). The work on the leg [...]
Posted April 5, 2007 @ 7:11 am • No Comments »

I’ve had 3 sessions so far of physical therapy for my persistent shin splits at Foothills Sports Medicine. They offer a lot of attention there (this is my first experience ever, so have nothing to compare it too). Andy, the physical therapist, identifies definite classic shin splits as well as possible bursitis just below the [...]
Posted March 19, 2007 @ 8:59 pm • 3 Comments »

Today I had the nice opportunity with meet up for breakfast with Cliff, someone whom I’d been in contact with by email and blog comments going back to August. He has an interesting life with several months a year living, working, running, photographing in Peru. He even gave me one of the colorful Peruvian winter [...]
Posted March 5, 2007 @ 9:49 am • No Comments »

Thye P.F> Expo is a chance ofr 36,000 runners to get their reace numbers and timing chips, as well as to sell them a whole lot of stuff. Set up at the Phoenix Convention Center, it can be a wonderful festival or a pain in the neck, depending on your social orientation. For me today, [...]
Posted January 13, 2007 @ 9:58 pm • No Comments »

How about that? Tomorrow is the PF Changs Rock and Roll Marathon. I wonder what that is all about. So I will wake up really early, put on the running duds (plus more layers since it is supposed to be near freezing temps tomorrow), get in the unexpectedly long lines to park and get on [...]
Posted January 13, 2007 @ 8:40 am • 1 Comment »