http://www.christhefoo.com The Musings of The Music Man Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:18:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...the mile after mile after mile that I have been disciplined/crazy enough to run for the last couple months have paid off: http://www.bakersfieldtrackclub.com/2010btchalffeboverall.htm 18 place overall 3rd place in my age group 1/2 Marathon PR of 22 mins 1:31:31 - 6:59 pace I am surprised by a few things: 1. That I got an age group award. ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/670 40 Days, 269 miles and 0 injuries. Knock on some wood please... The idea started back in the end of November when I saw a Daily Mile friend who was doing some serious mileage in preparation for a charity run across the US. At the time he was doing 10 miles ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/666 So far be it from me to admit when I am wrong... I am hurt. More specifically, I am over training. I spent 10 days a few weeks ago taking a break from running due to having incredibly tight and painful calves. I was really trying to climb back out ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/662 It makes me very happy to look over my training recently and see so many runs at or around 7min/mi. It's all about the red line... The red line, for the uninitiated, is the point where you physically and, more importantly, mentally can't take anymore. It is when the combination of ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/656 June on the christmas merry go round, originally uploaded by gafoo. http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/655 June was very captivated, originally uploaded by gafoo. http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/654 June at the amtrak holiday show, originally uploaded by gafoo. http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/653 I should call this post I am a lazy hurt bastard but Evolution has a better ring to it, doncha think? I still would classify myself a Lazy Runner (see item #2) . I feel I should quantify that for this post... I am now running a pretty solid 7 minute ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/649 The title should read as "the Obligatory random post" really. I feel like I haven't done one of these in a while so I probably should. 1. Post marathon blues hit last week along with some other depressing news so it was one of those weeks. Thanks Lys for ... http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/647 Just collecting medals, originally uploaded by gafoo. And then there were three. http://www.christhefoo.com/archives/646