Score! - Running Lite

Downtown gears up for a party

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:06:25 -0500

When all the pieces of the Noble Street Festival puzzle come together, you better watch out.

A little bit of this

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:57:55 -0600

I’m undecided about what to write about this week so I think I’ll cheat and provide you a set of notes, of which some may be of possible interest.

Happy Trails

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:51:13 -0600

When the road gets tough, the wise hit the trails.

Putting aside a terrible spin on a popular phrase, there has been a long-held belief among current and former runners that the body can only take so much pounding on hard surfaces before it is forced to inevitably wave the white flag of resignation.

Ain't no mountain high enough

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:27:34 -0600

For one day, my best was good enough, but just barely.

Sole searching

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:05:38 -0600

The time has come for me to confess an addiction I’ve been grappling with for quite some time but only recently has become unmanageable.

Pass the oatmeal, please!

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:37:45 -0600

The time to get serious about the Mercedes Marathon is now.

However, please don’t take those words the wrong way. It’s not like I’ve been taking it easy resting on my derriere, aimlessly wondering when the moment to focus on such an important event should begin.

Brenda Ladun Cancer Run worth the trip

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:25:29 -0600

With the completion of the Brenda Ladun 8K Cancer Run, the 2006 racing season began in earnest. Now, the only event standing between the Cheaha Blast (our 5-person Relay Team) and the Mercedes Marathon is next week’s Rickey Harrison 10K in Tuscaloosa.

Putting my feet upon the solid ground

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:23:49 -0600

Long before men dared to dream of flying, we thirsted for the opportunity to run as one with the wind. I for one carry no pretense of being a fleet-footed Mercury, but I do enjoy feeling the breeze in my face when running.

Touting the treadmill

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:36:56 -0600

I have to admit that I find running on a treadmill as entertaining as watching New Year’s resolutionists ungracefully trudge through an elliptical machine workout at the local YMCA. One thing you can say about life on the treadmill: it truly doesn’t pass you by.

Give in to shin splints? Never!

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:13:15 -0600

As I’ve mentioned previously, my shins haven’t reacted well to my rather rapid escalation in training mileage. It now appears that my training zeal can be chalked up as another case of no good deed going unpunished.

Half marathon a true test

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:49:30 -0600

Well, I just want to inform everyone that yours truly finished the Chief Ladiga Half Marathon in what I think is a respectable time of two hours and three minutes. And I do stress the word F-I-N-I-S-H.

The patellan conspiracy

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:56:55 -0600

After three months of increasing my mileage each week, I made what I thought was a wise decision to lay off running for the week leading up to my first serious test of endurance: the Chief Ladiga Half Marathon, Dec. 3.

Pacing the recreational runner

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:45:22 -0600

For one who is closer to 40 than 30, a case of premature mid-life crisis has led me to a decision I intentionally put off during my saner years: to run an ultra marathon.