You people, yes YOU, flat out inspire and encourage me. A few weeks ago I wrote a particularly long comment after reading a post on Donald’s site and came to the realization that I should continue to try and feed some of the energy and desire that I get right back at ya’ll. [...]

Monday afternoon - 8 miles slow
Tuesday afternoon and evening - 8 miles in 1:09 (8:37/mile)
Wednesday afternoon - 8 miles in 1:15 (9:22/mile)

OK, so I’ve been putting in some miles, but I haven’t been updating the site, hence the “Slacker” title.

It’s 84 degrees. That’s hot for us here near the shore. I’m postponing my lunchtime run to this evening when things cool down.
Hello, my name is Drew and I’m a spoiled running wimp.
So instead of running I’m thinking about summer. Many of the signs of the changing season are familiar to those [...]

Wednesday afternoon - 6 miles slow

You, yes you, can help me figure out what to do with an interesting dilema. Read on, intrepid reader, and then “You Make The Call.”
One of the streets I live on (I live on a corner) leads up toward the hills that form one side of Santa Barbara. [...]

Monday morning - 5 miles (probably close to a 9:00 pace overall)
1 mile on track with my son
Tuesday afternoon - 5 miles (9:30 - 9:45 pace)

My watch broke. I’ve had my Timex Ironman for less than a year and the band broke. Feature for feature I think the Ironman line is a good [...]

Wednesday - SQUAT
Thursday Afternoon - 9 miles in 1:25 (9:27/mile pace)
Felt weak the first 2 miles then increasingly stronger as the run progressed

My typical run takes me out through the University of California, Santa Barbara campus. On the way out I pass by the stadium, baseball field and track before reaching a tree-covered sidewalk [...]

Jeff reminded me that all this talk lately of speed needs an extra large helping of piping hot perspective. I plan to continue running until my legs won’t do it anymore. It’s possible that this is only months away, but a more realistic measure might be decades. My father-in-law is preparing to [...]

Monday Afternoon - 6 slow miles
Ditto on Tuesday
I’ve never been much of an athlete. I’ve always had plenty of hand-eye coordination and felt comfortable playing sports, but I’ve never had any particular knack for any particular sport. I played soccer as a kid through high school, but didn’t make varsity until my senior [...]

Saturday Evening - 6.5 miles in 53:00 (9:41/mile)
My PITS (pie-in-the-sky) marathon time to beat by the end of the year is 3:45. That would be a 13 minute PR. A worthy goal.  Because of who I am and why I do this I have other numbers in my mind’s eye. Let’s take a look at [...]

So, I’m cruisin’ along thinking about running and marathons and training and goals and motivation. I’m pushing the pace a bit and wondering how I’ll ever get faster and thinking that I’m breathing too hard and it’s too warm for this pace so I bring it down a notch and keep going. I bring it [...]