Comments for Ramblings From The Road

Comment on Injury, Illness, and Insult by ChadW

ChadW — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:19:37 +0000

Hang in there, Keath. We haven’t gotten an update from you here in a while, but by DailyMilee, it looks like you’re doing well! I ended up taking another couple weeks off after getting in a couple 30 miler weeks (quite a bit for me). One week to Afton 25k and about 8 weeks to the Moose Mountain Marathon… I hope I’m in shape by then!

Comment on About Me by Clem George

Clem George — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:54:37 +0000

A very interesting start to your “whole running thing”, I to am interested in reading how this turns out. I have already benefited from your insights on certain marathons and I look forward to many more discussions on your “running career” and what you think of racing in general. Did I mention the “50 States Club” discussion we had? Very interesting again but I think I may need a sponsor or to “hit the Lottery” outright and clear 2.6 Million or so to finance said Running Hobby (think World Wide). It seems I am also rambling, so for now I will “shut my pie hole” and read more of your blog.

Comment on Injury, Illness, and Insult by steena

steena — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:18:33 +0000

Stretch.
After.
Every.
Run.
For real! I’ve become pretty manic about stretching after my runs, and every morning out of the hot shower I do 20 minutes of stretching. I thiiiink it helps.. It must.

Comment on Injury, Illness, and Insult by Andi

Andi — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:32:41 +0000

I just dealt with a mild case of Achilles Tendonitis (or Tendonosis, depending on whom you ask) and found it to be the same: had I simply stretched. Two weeks of total rest plus two more of calf exercises and frequent stretching and I’m back in the game – albeit with lingering mild soreness during runs.

Luckily, I’m on lazy mode until June so I should be able to recover

Comment on I’ve Moved! by Clem George

Clem George — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:39:15 +0000

Glad you made it to Santee safely. Enjoy the running community there and catching up on your training.

Comment on Injury, Illness, and Insult by Clem George

Clem George — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:20:30 +0000

Nice Write up, thought you were going to Die of some BL Level 4 disease there after coming back from the East coast. Glad your back up and running.

Comment on Race Report: Great Bay Half Marathon by Keath

Keath — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:34:01 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Mike! I appreciate the explanation on the plastic – good point on the recycling, but still tough to pinch to avoid spilling. Better water down my shirt than Gatorade, though! Definitely had a good time and will certainly be returning the next time a trip to New Hampshire can be made to hit race weekend. Best of luck with this year’s event! Several friends are registered and eagerly looking forward to it.

Comment on Race Report: Great Bay Half Marathon by loco MIke

loco MIke — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:21:24 +0000

Hi Great Comments, by the way we choose plastic cups because we can recycle 100% of them. The plastic coated paper ones actually were not acceptable for recycling.. Enjoy and hope to see you back..
MIke

Comment on 新年快樂 and Other Things by Keath

Keath — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:52:02 +0000

I hope it works out, too! And I like the implications of your cryptic optimism!

Comment on 新年快樂 and Other Things by Cristy DLC

Cristy DLC — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:11:33 +0000

Yay for the Year of the Dragon! I like a “quality vs. quantity” approach too. NYC will be quite an experience, as will be Team Mas o Menos. Really hoping the Napa Ragnar team works out! Somehow I think it will.

Comment on Race Report: Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon by gabsatrucker

gabsatrucker — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:07:53 +0000

You write the best race reports, always enjoy dropping by to catch up on them. Top 10% in all the categories is most definitely not to be scoffed at, I would love to have such awesome stats

Comment on Progress Check: Fin du 2011 by Keath

Keath — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:56:07 +0000

I have heard good things about “Racing Weight,” but am already backlogged three running books thick, plus another four or five non-running books. Once I can see my nightstand again, it’s on the list right after Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About…”.

The problem with the “not racing/training” mindset is that I don’t really have a non-racing season unless I’m living somewhere with no races, but even then I’m training for something. That end-of-year weight was put on during “marathon season” when I ran Layton, Mesquite, Valley of Fire, and Las Vegas. But I think my marathon “race weight” and 5k “race weight” are about eight pounds apart. I just need to play around and figure out exactly what the right balance of energy stores and leanness is.

Comment on Progress Check: Fin du 2011 by steena

steena — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:20:00 +0000

You ran like a zillion miles in 2011!
Racing Weight is a great, great book if you haven’t read it already. It does say that when you’re not racing/training that it’s okay/likely to gain some weight back.
Blog about something other than training.. WHAT? Crazy talk.

Comment on Random Thoughts by steena

steena — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:17:25 +0000

wow that’s a lot of random. The crazy guy, I saw one on Christmas Eve doing he same thing.. He had a bike in his hands and he was swinging it around and yelling things. I really felt bad, I wonder where his family is.
That’s pretty cool you got a deal on the AZ RnR.
And even better that you got some new reading material.

Comment on Random Thoughts by Keath

Keath — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:15:36 +0000

Happy holidays, Chad! There’s a link to the recipe I used, from smittenkitchen.com, in the post above; Deb uses white potatoes and onions, but I used red and shallots. The high temp oil is definitely key to getting them perfect, but my wife was quite impressed with my slow-cook version. We should start a “training with Jack” reading club or something. Maybe call him up and see what he thinks of a potato and scotch diet?

Comment on Random Thoughts by ChadW

ChadW — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:46:43 +0000

I’m going to have to try some latkas; you should post the recipe. We’re all about the potato pancakes in Big Lake, Minnesota, my home town – though I’ve only made them for my boys once. I’ll eat anything involving potatos and shallots/onions. Meghan also bought me Daniels’ book, so I’m a bit psyched about it right now. Glad you enjoyed your holiday season!

Comment on Race Report: Valley of Fire Marathon by Dan

Dan — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:18:27 +0000

Nice report. I enjoyed your take on the Vegas RnR as well. And thanks for the mention in your post. Happy Running!!!

Comment on Race Report: Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon by Keath

Keath — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:05:59 +0000

Steena; I’d give them a year to see if they heed the feedback from this year. If things go the wrong direction, Ryno Running does a 5k on the strip in May, which is most of “the good bits.” Alternately, we could just organize a random runner invasion of Vegas and have a crowd-dodging race.

John; it was indeed crazy, but if you’re hooked for life, it’s only going to get more addicting.

Comment on Race Report: Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon by John Mac

John Mac — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:30:18 +0000

This was my first half and although it was very crazy, I had a blast and think I might be hooked for life.

Comment on Race Report: Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon by steena

steena — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:13:45 +0000

wow, 2nd fastest in those conditions? That’s pretty fantastic, congratulations! I can’t wait to try the half marathon at some point in my life, with no expectations after hearing about all the things that went wrong.