Maybe it's do with the weather of late - cool, dreary, wet; or maybe it's to do the long runs I've been doing - lonely, peaceful, contemplative. Whatever it was, I've been thinking about life - about how it has been; about how it is now; and about how it is going to be. I... Continue Reading →
Falling to the level of our training
I first saw the following wonderful quote in a book by Joshua Medcalf (called Hustle), attributed to an anonymous Navy SEAL: Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training. What a beautiful principle to live your life by. (I was particularly inspired because I have been doing quite a... Continue Reading →
Going beyond economics
"So," he asked, "what should he do?" Straightforward as the question may seem, it was anything but. There were two tracks I could take: (1) the economic, rational track; or (2) the moral, slightly irrational track. I can't quite share with you what the exact nature of the discussion was, but the question would be... Continue Reading →
Running “barefoot” with shoes isn’t as silly as it sounds
It's been more than a year since I started running "barefoot" (and yes, I have to admit it was due to the book Born to Run -- one of my first of many, and still my favourite, book on running). I do not quite run "without shoes", but wear either my New Balance Nimbus or my... Continue Reading →
There's a wonderful cartoon on running over at The Oatmeal. Beautiful as always, especially to this avid runner without a chance in hell of winning any running awards ("so why do it?" they ask -- not quite understanding that I run for running's sake. I just don't get it, either).
Beautiful cartoon on running
Push On
I just realised that I haven¹t announced that I achieved my IPPT Gold last Saturday. Third one in three years. Full points for all three too. I almost make it seem easy. But the fact is, it was anything but. For the past couple of months I've been training really hard for this and the... Continue Reading →
Running with Music for my Long Run
Just last week, for the first time in a long time, I completed a long run (one lasting more than an hour). In fact, it the first time in years that I completed one without the Galloway-recommended walk breaks. Don’t get me wrong. I love the Galloway method of taking walk breaks every few minutes... Continue Reading →
On the Boston Marathon Bombings
I haven't written about it. I didn't think I would. But I think I should. The tragedy at the Boston Marathon has hit me worse than I'd thought. (“Why do you look so sad?” the wife asked. “I don’t know,” I replied.) I’m an avid runner, and one who has dreamt of qualifying for Boston... Continue Reading →
No GPS: Learning your way around through running
I wrote about a (wonderful) run I had a couple of weeks ago while holidaying in Perth. During that trip, I had had a very hard time figuring out the roads. Though I could travel the same route countless times (especially those close to where we were staying), my brain would for some reason or... Continue Reading →
Running in Perth
It was heavenly – went out on a run with a good friend in Perth and in perfect weather, too. Recollections of past runs from five years ago suddenly flooded my mind. It was almost like I’d never been away. In particular, I remembered how nice it was that strangers we sped past almost always... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 