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- Jessica Ennis to compete in AVIVA GP (Birmingham), by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder8 February 2012, 10:38 pm
Jessica Ennis, 2011 adidas NYGP, photo by PhotoRun.netJessica Ennis, the 2011 WC silver medalist in the heptathlon, and World Indoor Champion, will be competing in the AVIVA GP on February 18, 2012 in Birmingham. The AVIVA GP is one......
- Chicherova clears 2.00m and Tries for 2.04m, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder8 February 2012, 9:55 pm
Anna Chicherova, 2011 Brussels DL, photo by PhotoRun.netAnna Chicherova, the defending Olympic champion, continues a brilliant beginning to her 2012 London campaign, with a nice clearance of 2.00m, and good try at 2.04m, plus a victory in Banksa Bystryka,...... - Holly Bleasdale: Medal contender for London 2012, per Sergey Bubka, courtesy of Lancashire Telegraph, note by Larry Eder8 February 2012, 5:45 pm
Holly Bleasdale, 2010 World Junior Champs, photo by PhotoRun.netHolly Bleasdale went to France to train with Renaud Lavillenie, the number one male ranked vaulter in the world and the European Indoor champion. She first cleared 4.72m, a strong improvement.......
- Wintergreen7 February 2012, 8:43 pm
The snow has returned to redress our mountain. So this is how Colorado trail runners do it in the winter in pictures. ... - Weekly Training Summary (46.46 miles / 7:03:23)6 February 2012, 10:28 pm
And from a darkness I descend Clenching a torch of sweet revenge Burst into flame, the bitter end And shake the gates of hell again - Metallica Breakdown Mon - 10M Tue - Green Mountain Wed - 13M Thu - 10M Fri - Off. Snow/travel day. Sat - 7M Sun - Off. Ski day! Thoughts Ran OK until Friday. But we woke up to a blizzard and with the kids getting a snow day, I slept in. Then shoveled. Then we had to get out of town to get up to Leadville for the weekend. So I took the off day. When we ar... - January Training Summary (266.84 miles)1 February 2012, 3:27 pm
266.84 miles in 25 outings in a time of 46:00:53 with an elevation gain of 34,317 feet at an average heart rate of I don't give a shit. Well, my last monthly was written in July 2011 so I have been on hiatus for a while. I saw others all rolling in with their numbers last night so I was inspired to get back on the bandwagon. Interestingly, that July 2011 was almost a duplicate of the numbers from this month. Although, I was in the taper then and I am in the build now. So how are things goin...
- Edora Park 8k6 February 2012, 5:56 am
“Those snow boots do not look very good to run in,” Connie said to Kelly after I had literally pulled her out from her car and dragged to the start line of the Edora Park 8k with one hand. In my other hand were her running shoes, which I eventually coerced her to put on. [...]... - Picasso & Wine19 January 2012, 11:18 am
“Let’s pick a date,” wrote Tori. “For when we can all do drunk painting.” It’s been a while since my right hand wielded a paintbrush while the rest of me was getting buzzed—at least if you discount the holiday party where I counted the yellow half-inch half-moon and bicycling stick figure as my contributions to [...]... - Website Maintenance17 January 2012, 8:10 pm
The five or six avid readers of my website may have noticed that going to felixwong.com in the last 24 hours brought up an error message of “ACCOUNT SUSPENDED!” This was not a Wikipedia-like protest of SOPA nor was it because I was up to some devious Internet mischief a la Julian Assange. Well, sort [...]...
- B&A Trail Marathon (Annapolis, MD) – 1 March 200918 March 2011, 4:29 pm
54th Marathon 36th State 86th Place 3:49:11 As my father and I have started the stretch run towards completing our goal of running a marathon in all 50 states, the B&A Trail Marathon near Annapolis presented itself quite nicely. The race fell at a very good time for me (the march/April issue of the magazine [...]... - Tecumseh Trail Marathon (Bloomington, IN) – 6 Dec 200818 March 2011, 4:26 pm
53rd Marathon 55th Place 4:10:51 The Tecumseh Trail Marathon is run in Yellowwood State Forest, between Bloomington and Nashville, IN. The course is about 90% single track, with a lot of rolling hills (much more than I expected). It is put on by D.IN.O (Do Indiana Off-Road) who put on a lot of trail and [...]... - Denver Marathon (Denver, CO) – 19 Oct 200818 March 2011, 4:25 pm
52nd Marathon 470th Place 3:49:49 Today I ran the third annual Denver Marathon. Considering that I have not been running much of this year due to injury and life (having a baby in the house), I was unsure of how this was going to go. I had not run the distance since this marathon last [...]...
- Your Invisible Training Partner8 February 2012, 3:23 am
Hawaiian Shirt Ray, Your Invisible Training PartnerYour Invisible Training Partner Every ultra running runs with an invisible training partner. You can’t see him. You can’t hear him. You can feel him, though. Oh, how you can feel him. You can taste him, too. He tastes like blood and bile. He tastes like fear. On those easy runs, on runs that you feel great; you can barely notice him. But you never escape him. You never drop him. He’s always there, and he’s out to get ... - Signs and Symptoms of Overtraining4 February 2012, 6:52 pm
Hawaiian Shirt Ray, Signs and Symptoms of OvertrainingSigns and Symptoms of Overtraining Signs and Symptoms of Overtraining are usually there but we tend to ignore them because the hardest part of being an athlete is NOT training. However, it is very important that you know the signs and symptoms of overtraining before you are forced down from getting sick, injured, or both. Too much overall stress on your body, and/or too much anaerobic exercise can put your whole training schedule behind a... - Exercise to Increase Metabolism3 February 2012, 10:08 pm
Hawaiian Shirt Ray, Exercise to Increase MetabolismExercise to Increase Metabolism Exercise to increase metabolism is an important and easy thing to incorporate into a fitness lifestyle. Exercise to increase metabolism is important because as we age are resting metabolism decreases after the age of 25. This ever diminishing decrease in metabolism comes with the negative effect of muscle loss. After the age of 25, most people on average can lose about 5 pounds of lean muscle mass per decade. In m...
- Running the Grand Teton6 September 2011, 3:25 am
The Tetons in the morning. Photo Tanae Nelson Running mountains. There are lot of runners who enjoy getting out on the trails and running up to a high point before, turning back and returning to their busy lives. For many running a peak is more than just exercise, me included. I deeply enjoy running up [...]... - Where Did The Summer Go?24 August 2011, 6:16 pm
Blogging is not one of my strong points. While I enjoy blog stalking, the time it takes to put something together that makes sense not only to me but the few that may read it is probably better served studying. That said, I started a post about three weeks ago knowing I would not finish [...]... - Hats and Handhelds15 August 2011, 3:08 pm
Here is something we don’t talk much about but as runners the two items are an essential part of our daily grind. Maybe hats aren’t for everyone and maybe a waistpack better suits you than a handheld but for me I typically don’t go on a run without both. What can be said about two [...]...
- A Windy and Fun Double Bridge Run5 February 2012, 2:28 pm
This past weekend I was lucky to trade the 22 inches of white snow in Boulder, Colorado for the white sandy beaches of Pensacola, Florida. I traveled to Pensacola for a race called the Double Bridge Run, which is a 15k that starts in Pensacola and ends in Pensacola Beach. It is aptly named the [...]... - Lessons Learned from The Olympic Trials30 January 2012, 3:04 pm
On twitter the other day, JP Robb @jpride asked,”@TrackTy so what were the lessons learned for you post-Olympic Trials? Great run out there, btw.” It’s a great question because there is always a lot to be learned from a race that doesn’t meet goals or expectations. Especially in a race that has been on my calendar for 13 months [...]... - Olympic Marathon Trials Recap17 January 2012, 2:36 pm
This past Saturday morning I toed the line with 111 of the best American marathoners. I had qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials (OT) in my debut marathon at the California International Marathon (CIM) in December of 2010. Leading into CIM I had done only 4 weeks above 100 miles in that build-up and walked [...]...
- Chronic Contest #28 February 2012, 8:25 pm
Because Every Little Bit Matters... "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead The Boston Marathon is 10 weeks away. I have pledged to run two marathons, Boston and New York City, to raise money for Girls Education International. I have chosen to run for this organization because I believe in the power of education (I am an educator, after all) and in particular, t... - I Dare You To Do Something7 February 2012, 6:38 pm
“There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.”– Kofi Annan I teach college ethics, and my education and training focused primarily on the study of ethics. Today, my concerns continue to return to questions of ethics - How SHOULD we act? What SHOULD we do? Where do our DUTIES lie? This is not simply some academic concern I leave in the classroom - I live it. Since running is an important part of my life, ethics inevitably enters into that part of my l... - The Virtue or Vice Of Prudence31 January 2012, 12:21 am
When Is It Rational To Run Injured? Does It Matter If It's Irrational? "Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place." - John MiltonI am eleven weeks out from the Boston Marathon. If I weren't running Boston I'd probably be running a lot fewer miles and trying to get a real handle on healing a pesky injury that's been plaguing my existence since November. But Boston has no deferral option, the plane tickets are bought and paid for...
- Out of the Track Gaits: RACING FORM7 November 2011, 11:52 pm
Out of the Track Gaits: RACING FORM After months of aerobic pace training, I feel pent up in speed. I have a vague doubt that my legs can go fast anymore–I have to get out there and see. I sign up for a 3k to see what my current pacing should be. I need [...]... - VACATION FARTLEKS: Navigating Familial Reunions17 October 2011, 4:03 pm
VACATION FARTLEKS: Navigating Familial Reunions Summer vacation, as I experienced it, was really one huge Fartlek. I knew back in June, with that first step into a season with kids out of school’s routine and a seeming random placement of vacation weeks and weekends, that there wouldn’t be a lot in summer’s terrain that would [...]... - OLYMPIC WANNABE: The Spirit of Boulder’s See and Be Scene31 August 2011, 4:25 am
OLYMPIC Wannabe: The Spirit of Boulder’s See and Be Scene “I so wanna be there,” I comment to Brendan of the Boulder Wave1 at the end of the annual Thursday night West End 3k. We are talking London, he like me having been recently, with both of us quickly adding “2012 Olympics” to London longings. [...]...
- the simple joy of having expectations met4 February 2012, 12:16 am
As a large-footed (size 14) runner, I tend to have a wee bit ‘o trouble finding shoes. That’s one of the many reasons I’ve come to love the world wide web, because on-line shoe stores, unlike their physical and local counterparts, tend to have a vast array of shoes in my size. Don’t get me wrong, I love supporting local businesses, but not enough to cram my feet into too small shoes. Moving on, the trouble that not being able to try on shoes before purchasing them creates is a large amou... - properly motivated30 January 2012, 7:16 pm
Sunday morning I awoke a tad after 9 a.m., no longer able to sleep. I Keuriged myself some coffee and slapped together a Nutella and peanut butter tortilla, and set about to fill out some reports for work. I resisted my typical urge to check out Facebook, Twitter or ESPN.com, because I didn’t want to be rudely greeted with the results of the Australian Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. To my delighted surprise, I found shortly after turning on the TV that the ESPN “Instan... - commitment > resolution20 January 2012, 5:29 pm
Resolutions, I feel, are pointless. They’re like diets. The calendar flips back into January and you get all gung-ho about some resolution you’ve made - like going to the gym or walking more often - but a month later it’s been ditched and you’re back into your old, crappy habits. You don’t make resolutions when you’re serious about self improvement. Resolutions are elementary school writing assignments: “Write 500 words on your New Year’s Resolutions and how plan to accomplish it...
- …a Virtual Run for Sherry Arnold: February 11, 20126 February 2012, 12:20 am
Like many of you, I was keeping a close watch on the very unfortunate events that took place in January in a small town in Montana. I was devastated to learn that one of us; a teacher, mother, wife, daughter, runner; went on a routine early morning run, never to return. Sherry Arnold’s circumstances resulted [...]... - …week 1: Boston Training5 February 2012, 4:56 am
I’m in climate shock. I returned from paradise this morning to just under 2 feet of snow in Colorado. And while you’d think that with all that snow, we’d have some moisture in the air, think again. My already out-of-place tan and supple skin, was sucked dry the moment I walked off the plane. I’ve [...]... - …the base miles26 January 2012, 2:58 am
I didn’t intend to take a hiatus. It just happened that way. I haven’t posted in nearly 10 days! What have I been doing?! Busy with this, that, and the other. Sometimes blogging takes a back burner to real life. And I’ve been running, of course. I finished up my base miles with the last [...]...
- Taos, Why Not?25 January 2012, 10:30 pm
I would like to say I shot out of bed when my alarm went off at 4:30 in the morning but I didn’t. I slowly raised myself up and wondered why I was set to wake up so early in the first place. Then it hit me, I had a plan that involved me driving [...]... - Snap – Crackle – Pop, my first DNF17 January 2012, 2:45 pm
I knew going into Sunday’s Phoenix Rock n Roll Marathon that my knee wasn’t 100%. Hell, it wasn’t even 75%. I don’t know what percentage it was at, most likely due to each and every runner’s ability to tell themselves that they’re “fine” and that it will just “stop hurting” after awhile. If you’re a [...]... - Pocket Aces5 January 2012, 4:18 am
I, like many, have been blessed with the ability to physically push myself to the proverbial limit. Others, whether within or out of their control, don’t do the same. And while I’m not passing judgment or looking to make a statement here, I do believe there is something to be said about the following quote: [...]...
