As a scientist, I’ve always believed in the power of numbers, data, and statistics. With running though, it’s impossible to make any solid conclusions based on any one individual’s stats. To me, that’s both wonderful and extremely frustrating. Wonderful in…
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An Experiment of One
Tagged with: experiment, Lake Chabot, massage, random, rolling, stretching, tennis, training, treadmill
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Diagnosis
Following a sad and painful run on Tuesday, I made an appointment for Wednesday (yesterday) to see Dr. J, sports chiropractor/ART therapist extraordinaire. I reminded him of our first appointment, how he worked on my left hip, but now my…
Tagged with: ART, Dr. J, hamstring, hip, injury, massage, pain, strengthening, stretching
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 11 (aka Race Week!)
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: Rest. Tues: Easy 3 miles, walked for the remainder. Stats: 3.3 miles + 30 min stretching/rolling Wed: 30 min stretching/rolling Thurs: Similar to Tuesday, except that I added strides in mile 2.…
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 10
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon T minus 7 days ’til race day! Mon: Rest. Tues: Met up with DD for a conversational/easy run around the Lake. Stats: 5.2 miles @ 10:25/mile + 30 min stretching/rolling Wed: 7.6 miles…
Tagged with: biking, Hammer Gel, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, Lululemon, mile repeats, rolling, SF2HM, stretching, training, walking, yoga
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 9
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Less than 2 weeks left to go until race day!! Look for a race goals post/thought ramble later this week. Mon: Mondays are usually my rest days, but when it’s Memorial Day and…
Tagged with: backpacking, camping, hiking, long run, photos, Point Reyes, running, SF2HM, stretching, training, Ventana Wilderness
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 8
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Sorry for the delayed post, but I was busy enjoying my Memorial Day weekend, as I hope you all were too! Mon: Rest. Tues: Met up with KH for a run around the…
Tagged with: benchmark, cycling, friends, Lake Chabot, long run, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 7
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: Rest. Tues: I decided it was time to add some minor elevation gains to my usually easy Tuesday morning run. I ran up Trestle Glen and did 3 hill repeats at the…
Tagged with: Bay Trail, bike commute, cycling, Emeryville, hill repeats, intervals, long run, pacing, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, tempo, training
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 6
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Mon: 30 min stretching/rolling. Tues: Easy run with KH and EH, who are back in town for a few weeks. I ran a mile to our meeting spot, ran with them for a…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, friends, HIIT, injury, intervals, Lafayette-Moraga Trail, long run, pacing, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training, walking
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Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 5
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Get ready for the shortest weekly training recap ever! Mon-Wed, Fri: Rest due to a strained ankle. It was just as well considering that we were experiencing a huge heat wave, which made…
Weekly training recap: SF2HM Week 4
*SF2HM = San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon Halfway through this week, I realized that the 1st blogaversary of Running Tangents came and went without me even noticing. D’OH! When I think back to that first blog post from April 13,…
Tagged with: ankle, bike commute, cycling, injury, intervals, photos, rock climbing, running, SF2HM, stretching, training
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Posted in Injuries, Training
Running Tangents 