How am I feeling today? Pretty good, and looking forward to the run this morning. I am sure that I will make the Middle Road Loop slower to see how I am doing. While it is not my test course, I have run this loop more than any other course over the past 20 years, and it gives me lots of insight into how my … Continue reading Thinking too Much – Monday – July 12, 2021
How am I feeling today? A bit wiped-out, the weed-whacking does something to the old body, and doing that after the long run yesterday made this morning’s run that much more challenging. I also had a hard time falling asleep last night. I started reading Running the Dream by Matt Fitzgerald and got almost halfway through it. It was one of those books I didn’t want to … Continue reading Running the Dream – June 27, 2021
I was reading Vern Gambetta’s blog the other day, and one of his recommendations was Out of Thin Air by Michael Crawley. When he makes recommendations like these, I take the time to look at the titles. When I did, Crawley’s book intrigued me enough to buy the eBook. Thank you, Coach Gambetta, for your recommendations. I have a feeling that at some point this year, I … Continue reading Out of Thin Air – Thinking about What I Read
I read The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt a few weeks ago and it helped put into words several things that I have been thinking about, but couldn’t quite wrap my head around. However, I also needed a few weeks to sort out a many things that the book made me think about and to completely re-write this post … Continue reading The Coddling of the American Mind – Book Review
I just finished re-reading Chi Running again. This is the third time I have read it and each time I do, I come away having learned a little more about what the author is teaching in his book. The first time I read Chi Running by Danny Dreyer was back in 2011 and then again in 2017. In 2011 I was seriously looking at how … Continue reading Re-reading Chi Running Again
