Brief update

Between the holidays and the nasal procedure, my running schedule has been messed up this week. I did ten flat miles Friday morning, and found them very difficult. Saturday afternoon I did another six, which were a bit easier. I only did 22 miles this week with no real “long run” to speak of.

Nasal Cauterization, or, Scott Faints

If a person has been having frequent nose bleeds, it is most likely caused by an exposed blood vessel in their nose. Even if the nose is not bleeding at the time, it is cauterized to prevent future bleeding. The different methods of cauterization include burning the affected area with acid, hot metal, lasers, or

Fast Monday

My calves felt sore from the hills Saturday and the chores Sunday, but it was actually nice to have sore calves… I wasn’t running enough to get them during my plantar fasciitis recovery. I hadn’t been planning on running fast, but T wanted to run six hard miles and so we did. I think this

Thirteen miles and testing out Sealskinz socks

The five and a half miles on Portland’s 30 mile long Wildwood Trail are far and away the most interesting. After that, most of looks about the same. For better of worth, the interesting segment is also where all the really big hills are. The climb up to Pittock mansion from either side is a

Movin’ on up

I ran six miles, pretty hard, on Wednesday night, then did another three, easier but more hilly, Thursday. I think my legs are starting to get used to hills again, which feels good. I plan on running 13 hilly miles on Wildwood Saturday, which would bring my weekly mileage to 28. I’ve been carefully upping

Very Expensive Socks

Okay, I went ahead and signed up for the Hagg Lake 50K. I ran it last year and we got very lucky on the weather — it was sunny and there wasn’t much mud. I don’t really expect to get so lucky two years in a row, so in addition to focusing on trail miles,

Trail Running Thoughts

I ran 11 miles in Forest Park Saturday morning, 5.5 out and back from Lower Macleay Park and northward on Wildwood. That route starts with a lot of uphill. I always wonder if it’s better to start uphill or finish uphill. It’s probably better to warm up your legs on an uphill before pounding them

DO WANT NOW

Please watch the video. It’s a pitch for investors for the first, uh, mobile treadmill vehicle. No, just watch. It’s short and there’s no voice-over: (Credit to Sweetie for finding this item. She thought it was ridiculous. She’s right of course. But it’s still irresistibly fantastic as well.)

Lame!

I am really having trouble writing a new blog post. I keep starting this lame item about how I like to run with others because they either make me go slower or faster than I would if running alone (not both at the same time, fortunately), and I keep deleting the thing when it goes

Saturday’s run

I certainly wasn’t feeling it for the first five or six miles of Saturday’s run. It was just a flat ten-miler, run at no particular pace, but I was still struggling some. Why? I’m not sure. Just one of those days. Eventually I hit a groove, and the last few miles went by easily enough.

The Rainy Season

The rain coming down during Monday night’s run was pretty heavy stuff and over the not-so-rainy season I’d managed to forget which of my long-sleeved shirts are good for rainy weather and which ones soak up water like big, heavy, sponges. Sponges that, once waterlogged, flop splashily up and down over my chest. Yep, I

Saturday’s Ten

Last week I did no running at all between Tuesday and Friday (stupid cold!), so a nice easy ten miler was just the thing Saturday. Kelly was doing a ten mile training run up Leif Erikson at 10am, which was perfect, since I knew tagging along would help me keep my pace nice and slow.