100 Days of Stupid: Day 29

Ran the mountain today. While it was only four days away, it felt like longer. And I mean that in a good way; knees, Achilles, ankles, all felt great for having taken a break from running.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 27-28

I <3 singletrack.

After two slack days of yoga and hiking I got back out for some real work on the mountain bike. Banged my knee on my stem really hard and cursed like a longshoreman. Knee is swelling, but I regret nothing.

Do you have a mountain bike sitting in the garage or basement gathering dust? What are you waiting for? This is the best time of year, get on out.

Red Ring of Death

Eagerly awaiting the return of my rainy day entertainment machine. Those zombies aren't going to shoot themselves and I can't have Kevin and Chris hogging all the glory.

Of course I could have tried to fix it myself...

100 Days of Stupid: Day 25-26

A late night, a rainy and cold day; only one thing to do: Ashtanga. I am so very out of practice, but it feels good to do it.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 24

Felt really awful today, but I think it's more likely a couple bad nights of sleep, rather than no rest day in 3+ weeks.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 19-23

Getting through vacation proved fairly easy as the hot water and then *all* the water in our beach house died, prompting us to come home early. I was able to get one run in on the beach on Sunday.


Spent most of the day doing chores (what a fantastic use of vacation!) but I was able to hit Massabesic today for some MTBing. Conditions were dry and fast, well as fast as the twisty root-infested FOMBA trails allow me to go. Would like to get a group together for a night ride there before the year is out. It's a nice setup for a night ride in that you are never that far from the trailhead.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 19

Ran up Marion Davis again today at an easy (20:07 ascent) pace. Hip feels a bit better, but both Achilles are a little sore. Need to return to the days of regular ice bucket therapy for both feet after workouts. Some NSAIDs would probably help too, but I'm trying to limit those to when I need to thwart more serious inflammatory responses (e.g. sprained ankles). The latest research indicates that sparing use is probably best.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 18

Went out for a 5k road run near the ConVal high school with Matt tonight. Easy 8:29 pace. Finished with a hard 2 mile on the track at 6:33 and 6:16 (yay for negative splits).

Right hip is feeling a bit sore, a reminder, as if I needed one, why road miles are bad for me. Wrapped up with 10 minutes of Ashtanga on the field under the fading sun. I still marvel at the fact that in the bad old days we stretched out *before* running. I can't imagine doing that now, I'd rupture something for sure.

100 Days of Stupid: Day 17

Tools of the Trade

After being worn 13 of the last 17 days, slopping through a lot of mud, and being left to fester in our sunless entryway, my trail running shoes desperately needed some "destinkification".

100 Days of Stupid: Day 16

The weekday rut of mountain running continues...

When people ask me what I do (outside of work) I say I'm a mountain biker. Even during ski season I say that. But the chart doesn't lie. I'm clearly a trail runner (or mountain runner if you care about the difference). Worse, in a given year I know I road ride more hours than I ride off-road. But I'm still a mountain biker; given the choice and the time, it's what I'd prefer to do. And unlike running and road cycling of any type, mountain biking never feels like work (outside a race anyway). It's simply fun.

So why don't I have more fun?