A Favorite Running Buddy?

A Favorite Running Buddy?

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I’ve run with a lot of people over the past 2 years. While I like running with anyone who will tolerate my incessant chatter and slow pace, there are some people that I absolutely love running with. So what makes someone a great running buddy, or rather, what makes someone your favorite running buddy, I wondered. Is it someone whose pace and cadence matches yours effortlessly? Is it someone whose personality matches/compliments yours perfectly? Is it someone you are at…

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Capturing a great 18 miles

Capturing a great 18 miles

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  What a big difference this week’s run has been compared to my (mis)adventures last week. After this week’s 18 miles, I couldn’t stop smiling (and talking, of course), I was up and hopping by evening craving for some nachos, and my legs feel nowhere as sore as they should for the long mileage. I wish I could bottle this and be able to recreate it. Things that were the same from last week – I kept hydrated and drinking…

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Lance Armstrong – Clean or Dirty?

Lance Armstrong – Clean or Dirty?

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  After today’s official statement from Lance Armstrong, refusing to fight any more against the USADA’s allegations – Is he Clean or Is he Dirty?   Lance Armstrong – Clean and Hunted The Man is a Ninja It is very well possible that Lance Armstrong is a Ninja and did not need to take external help to be the best of the best for those years. After all, he has an amazing resting heart rate of 32-34 and a max…

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Dear Race Director of Area 13.1

Dear Race Director of Area 13.1

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Dear Race Director of Area 13.1, What a brilliant idea it was to have an alien themed half marathon at night in Roswell! Roswell, Georgia. A cool concept that about 15+ runners from my running group embraced and signed up, even though warning bells were very insistent about the heat and humidity of Atlanta in mid-August. Humid-er than humid summer runs did not deter our enthusiasm for the run and messages on facebook made some of us painfully aware of…

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A Crazy Running Adventure Day

A Crazy Running Adventure Day

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This crazy adventure (crazy by my mortal standards) started just 2-3 weeks back when the Vinings Downhill 5k date was announced. August 18th. The same day as the Alien Half that a big bunch (almost all?) my running buddies had signed up for. So perhaps I should backtrack my onset of crazyness when I signed up for the Alien Half. 6:30pm, August, Atlanta humidity, Aliens. Definitely NOT my cup of tea, especially since I’ve had a deathly fear of UFOs…

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Q & A from the 3 (and more) Wise Men (and Women)

Q & A from the 3 (and more) Wise Men (and Women)

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Chaffing How do you deal with the morning after on chaffing?Aquaphor helps protect and also speeds up the healing. Or … suck it up 🙂 Do you apply Aquaphor during your run?YES! Before, during and After. (An overwhelming consensus that won’t make me as self conscious when I think that the moment calls for sticking my hand to certain body parts) What else can you do to prevent chaffing?Aquaphor the bra-line on the body and some on the bra itself (Aquaphor…

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My Amazing Runner Pick from the Olympic Marathon

My Amazing Runner Pick from the Olympic Marathon

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Not Mutai. Not Keflezighi. Not Ryan Hall.  My amazing runner is Ram Singh Yadav from India – the only second person from India to have qualified for the Olympics in the Marathon. He finished 78th with a time of 2:30:19 (the winning time was 2:08:01, and his own PR was 2:16:59 at Mumbai Marathon where he qualified for the Olympics) but he finished the course where 20 runners did not finish, including Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman.  He was asked…

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