Slacking

So I've been slacking a little bit with these posts lately, much like how I've been in general since I've finished the marathon.  But I think I'll get back to it because I do kind of miss this, but here are some of the posts that I'll be posting about in a little bit.

-Full race report from San Francisco
-My adventures around google and "the mothership"
-Tales of lots of bread
-San Francisco anecdotes

But today's post is about something else that I've really come to realise over the past few weeks. A break (or an extended hiatus) can do wonders for training.  After SF, I didn't lace up the shoes for.... over two weeks actually until Julie asked if I could "teach" her how to run.  I still don't know what that means but currently it just means running with her.  But on monday's run I didn't run particularly quickly, I didn't run it because I needed to, nor did I have anything to accomplish on this run but run.  It's kinda nice not to have to hit splits, match paces.  But the bigger thing behind taking a break is you don't want to burn yourself out, it's no fun when you don't enjoy what you have to do like 5 days of the week and for extended periods of time. I had contemplated running the Edmonton marathon this weekend, and it was going to be awesome too because it's pancake flat (Which might possibly be where I attempt a bq assault) but after going for 8 months, I didn't have another month of training and racing in me.  So if you're ever getting to that point where you don't feel like you have the drive to go out and run/bike/flounder or anything like that, just take a break, it will actually probably do you more good than to slog through the training.

~Cheers

How much difference a click can make

I'm sure everyone who has facebook have seen some of their friends pop up with a Nike+ update saying something along the lines of xyz has just started a run, like this status or comment to cheer them on and they'll hear it.  Something not too different than this.

Now I know yes they might sometimes be annoying if you have a friend who wakes up every morning and starts a run and you see these updates, but do your friend a flavor, and click like on their status.  They'll hear cheers while they're running and this can make a huge difference and actually  make the run suck that much less.  I know I try to do it for my friends, but hey you don't need to get our of your bed early in the morning and stand on the side of the road to cheer your friends on and this actually works just as well.  So go ahead, click like and they'll hear some cheers and keep on running.

If you want to go one step further write a comment, I have some pretty awesome friends like Sara, David and Lisa who write some of the most hillarious comments that are always a boon to read after.  So from one runner to you, press like or write a comment when you see a nike running update, we thank you.

~Cheers

San Francisco Marathon: Race Report (One line version)

So I'll probably write a real one (pictures included) about my SF marathon experience, among other things, but a one liner version.

The course was unbelievably hilly, legs were feeling happy at mile 17, then died and came in at a 3:52. I could still walk and felt not too bad. 

~Cheers