Archive for August, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Posted: 31st August 2010 by admin in Training/Competing

Hurricane Earl will be gone by tomorrow, so I hope. Flying into Puerto Rico should not be problematic and flying on to Mayaguez should be possible, so I hope. Ken Stone published the list of entrants on  masterstrack.com. I noticed Rex Harvey competing in the pentathlon and very much look forward meeting him. I’ve never [...]

Monday, August 30, 2010

Posted: 30th August 2010 by admin in Rants & Raves

Back from a week of work in Atlanta. Still, the pain in my right knee does not get any better. I wake up ten times a night and move into a position that helps me get back to sleep. Not good. But I will travel to San Juan and give it  a shot. Actually, I [...]

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Posted: 19th August 2010 by admin in Training/Competing

Yesterday was my first attempt at running after a week of pain in the (right) knee. After 200 m I was about to give up… but went for 4 to 5 miles instead. And paid dearly for it with a restless night, constantly waking up with a stabbing pain in the knee. I decided to [...]

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Posted: 12th August 2010 by admin in Training/Competing

Well, Monday did not work out as planned. The noon workout never happened since work got in the way. And the evening gym work needed to be postponed as well. Tuesday was a different story. We had a good morning session on the track. Late afternoon, the gym work went well with box squats and [...]

Monday, August 9, 2010

Posted: 9th August 2010 by admin in Training/Competing

Last week was tough, to say the least. Four mornings found me at the track @ 600 AM and coach Fuller had me work hard. 10 x 100 m with short rests, 4 x 150 m with short rests and so on. At work I re-designed the website I had been working on for weeks. [...]

Monday, August 2, 2010

Posted: 2nd August 2010 by admin in Rants & Raves

MOV00523 MOV00524 I almost can’t believe it. August is here and it is COLD out there. I did a fartlek  4 miler on Saturday morning and a steady 4 miler yesterday and it was outright pleasant! Incredible. Also on Saturday, I got a real good gym workout in the books as well. First time, I [...]