Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 16
Race day is not far away – received my confirmation sheet for the Dec. 7 San Antonio RnR Half. This is the last hard week before the taper (48 miles this week, then 40 and...
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Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 15
This is the “IS THE TAPER WEEK SOON?” and “I HATE TREADMILLS” post all rolled into one. This week the strength run is a 3 x 2 mile on Tuesday, tempo run on Thursday...
Jury Duty, Harris County
I had the fun and privilege of performing a civic service for Harris County last Monday, and headed down for jury duty. You can postpone jury duty twice and seems like I hit my...
Review of HARRY HARRISON, HARRY HARRISON: A MEMOIR posted at SFSignal.com
My review of the late Harry Harrison’s memoir, appropriately entitled Harry Harrison, Harry Harrison, has been published on the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: World War II veterans and early pulp fiction writers...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 14
I’m tired. I’ve reached the point that is mentioned in the Hanson’s guide where the mileage just makes you tired. This week the strength run is a lovely 2 x 3 mile on Tuesday,...
Stone of Farewell re-read – Part Three – Storm’s Heart
It has taken me a while to do this Stone of Farewell part three re-read post. I must confess…I read ahead. I got into the story and slammed through the rest of it, re-read...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 13
This week the strength run is a lovely 3 x 2 mile on Tuesday, tempo run on Thursday is 5 miles. It also has a 10 mile Long Run on Sunday. Total target mileage...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 12
This week the speed runs change to strength runs, this first one is 6 x 1 mile on Tuesday, tempo run on Thursday goes up to 5 miles. It also has a 10 mile Long Run...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 11
Cooler weather hath come to South Texas!!! The program is really starting to show the results, making me wonder if I set my target too low on my half-marathon pace. When I was first...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 10
This is the halfway point in the 18 week program, and I’ve found my second (?) mistake. I was looking for when the Sunday Easy runs turned into Sunday Long runs…and found that I was...