Run 4 Fun

I'm beginning to sound like a broken record or that nagging old(er) guy who wouldn't shut up. I wrote on this blog in February, 2018 that I want to give structured training another go and few weeks later in March, I busted my ankle. During a long run a mishap happened and I sprained it very very bad. As a result of that my training was set back by at least 3-4 months and my range of motion on ankle is not back 100%. I did run law week 8k/Bayou City Classic/Bellaire Trolley Run and in each single of these race Tom Wille wiped the floor with me. He enjoyed continued improvement over his stellar 3:19 marathon in January. He also started doing track/hill work with Jon Warren's group to get some speed training. Which brings us to say June 2nd or Height's 5k run. Now, heights 5k is insanely fast course 5k but usually held in the worst possible weather conditions of Houston summer. I wanted to have a go at another attempt at sub 20 5k but during warm up itself I knew that i...

Wow, what a difference 7 years make. Last time I wrote on this blog was when I was still a graduate student at Rice, in age group 25-29, living with a roommate, driving my 2000 Toyota Echo, running sub 19@5k/sub 40@10k, snapping pictures at Valhalla with an actual camera and taking my dates to Taco Bell (okay, this is a lie) ;) I would spare the personal journey of last 7 years and talk about running. I took a sabbatical from running after running Boston Marathon 2012 (Oh, how I wanted to write a race report mentioning that Brunette at Wellesley College I kissed during my run). I lived in Denver during Sept 2012 till August 2016 and while I enjoyed hiking/skiing, I stopped running almost completely. In total I believe I ran less than 200 miles in those 4 years. I moved back to Houston for work in August of 2016. When I showed up early morning in Memorial Park in mid August to meet up with Natalie and Paul for a run, I felt like we were running 8 minute/mile for our first mile and ...