The stomach flu has summarily kicked my behind the past 48 hours. I cannot remember being this sick – I even violated my “idontbarf” policy.
I’m definitely looking forward to a return to normalcy tomorrow…
Training Journal – 5/7/13:
Saw this quote in a video I watched yesterday:
Happiness is everywhere…you just have to know how to capture it, how to recognise it.
–Stéphane Brosse, French ski mountaineer (From Kilian Jornet’s film, A Fine Line)
The video was taped during his and Jornet’s training for their crossing of the Aiguille d’Argentière in the Mont Blanc massif. Brosse died during that crossing – doing one of the things that brought him happiness.
Training Journal – 4/26/13:
for Karen…
I wish I had a magic wand
I know you wish one too
I wish I had all answers
The reasons why for you
I wish I had a magic wand
I’d transport me and you
We’d take actions, make decisions
To change what we’ve gone through
Sadly I don’t have one
No means no method for “redo”
Instead I have two ears, two arms
To listen to and comfort you
Listening and comforting
Those actions are not new
But hopefully they remind
I love and am here for you
© 2013 Dennis Arriaga
Training Journal – 3/13/13:
Awesome…
Training Journal – 2/26/13:
Great video with some great training insights as well.
Training Journal – 2/9/13:
Celebrating 26 years of wedded bliss today!
I am so blessed!
Training Journal – 1/24/13:
Three years ago today, I changed the way I eat/think about food…
BOOYAH!
Training Journal – 1/11/13:
I did my run this morning up in Alum Rock Park…ahead of the showers…and didn’t see anyone until the end. It was so peaceful.
Quiet time:
Quite a Time:
Training Journal – 12/23/12:
Weekly mileage: 12/17-23/12:
Made the tough decision to cancel our trip to Honolulu and my running of next Sunday’s marathon – which would have been my first. There are just too many things going on right now (the details are private), and the best decision was to cancel.
After 4.5 months of solid marathon training (really almost a year), I really want to accomplish that milestone. Over the past two days, I scanned the available ones over the next several months and did find a few in January & February in SoCal. The rub is that I’ve already registered for the Big Sur Marathon in April and want need to start a focused, 18-week training program for that on December 24 (read: build base and do hill work.) Inserting a 3-week taper, marathon, and subsequent recovery week(s) in the middle of that just didn’t seem smart.
I did find a local marathon being run on the 15th: The ZombieRunner Bay Trail Marathon in Palo Alto. It’s not Honolulu, but the organizer puts on quality events and I know it will be a great experience for my first marathon. One nice part will be that my taper and carb loading will be easier since I’ll be at home!
So, I’m resetting and will start (re-do) week 2 of taper tomorrow. Deja Vu…all over again!
GIDDY-UP!
…I’ll run Honolulu someday.
Training Journal – 12/2/12:
Weekly mileage: 11/26-12/2/12:
…for the kind, wonderful, amazing, gracious, loving, supportive, encouraging, and understanding person on the left! I am truly blessed!
Training Journal – 11/22/12:
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