http://dommy.com/ihaterunning But I am preparing to run my first full marathon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:03:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm in Austin for an in Monday out Tuesday trip, but there's nothing like being in a different city to make a run a little better. At 6:30am it was pretty damned dark out. Would this mean having to fight my hate of treadmills? But after a light breakfast, at 7:30 ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2010/02/02/no-to-treadmills/ Well, it has been 2 weeks of blissful non running, the shoes were sitting in the closet, still sporting the timer tag from the half marathon. I'd been doing some self beating up feeling like I had not run very strongly the whole route, and had to wake up and ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2010/01/30/rewind-who-me-run/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog This, for me, is the nice part of running. Being done. Looking back on it. cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Conditions were perfect today, at the start at 6:30am it had to be close to 50°F and must of peaked in the 70s during the ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2010/01/17/ran-run-done/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog It's here, the night before the run. Everything is packed, timing chip hung on shoe, alarm clock(s) set. I'll be getting up in time to get to ASU at 5:30am, hop on the school buses that take us to downtown Phoenix, and hang around ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2010/01/16/time-to-run/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL) The Team D training schedule called for a 7 miler yesterday, but I decided to cross train and did my work out playing in the snow atop the Mogollon Rim. Today's run was 6.66 miles, meaning I did my map measured ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2010/01/03/devils-distance/ I've been riding the express Excuse Train, actually, maybe upgrade to the Excuse Jet Liner First class, not running one centimeter since last week's 12 mile long run. I could hold out no longer, and avoided the Big Train today given it is cold outside (32°F), late (4:30pm) and it was ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2009/12/30/cannot-run-a-lie/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I've not run since last Wednesday's long training, the 12 miler. This is, after all, part of the important "taper" down in training which Coach Dave says has been shown to be effective for the body repairing damage done by the months of training. ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2009/12/28/too-much-taper/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by Jeremy Brooks Today was the Big One, the Long Run, the Big Enchilada... the longest training run for Team Diabetes. I was glad I was down in Phoenix to run this, cause on my own, isolated, I might not have done it. Or maybe it ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2009/12/23/got-my-12-or-2-half-dozen-or-1-short-of-12-m/ cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog After yesterday's run, it was nice to change up the routine with a hike at South Mountain Park in Phoenix. Its been a while since I've done a hike, and today's walk with my friend Sian (we could walk from her house). We headed ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2009/12/20/hiking-break/ I'm spending a few days in Phoenix visiting with friends, and it worked well to catch today's Saturday run with Team Diabetes, and it was the "holiday" run. This meant instead of going for a set distance, our group was send otu for an hour afterward were we had a pot ... http://dommy.com/ihaterunning/2009/12/19/running-with-team-d/