by mike@junction311.com | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am now two months in to this journey and I don’t feel like I am going to die when I run three miles. Now what? It can be lonely and boring if you try to do this all by yourself.This is a tricky spot on the road. Another spot where you can wander off track....
by mike@junction311.com | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
You know it’s hard. You know there are bad days. You know there are good days. Runners experience lots of “you know” moments. But there is that special time when “you know” you are going to make it, It’s when running isn’t a...
by mike@junction311.com | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Goals are a funny thing. They can be your best friend, or your worst nightmare. Sometimes gently encouraging you, sometimes telling you to stop whining and get shit done, or sometimes stalking you and making your life miserable. Like friends and lovers, goals are to...
by mike@junction311.com | May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Numbers. Numbers. Numbers, !&#$@(*&@# NUMBERS! Runners are obsessed with numbers. I’m one of the least obsessed and I’m pretty damn bad. 206, that’s the weight I had ballooned to when I knew I had to get back on track. 4:52:42. Marathon PR....
by mike@junction311.com | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Eight minutes and thirty one seconds. Many years and too many pounds later, that’s what it has come to. That’s how much slower I ran my latest 5k than I ran my first. Almost 3 minutes per mile slower. So we got the bad news out of the way first. The good...
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