To my loyal readers….. :)

My role here is to make sure you people don’t take yourselves too seriously and… it is an uphill battle, let me tell you.

Run so I don't hear you!

These are among the words barked to me from my beloved training partner, Brandon, when he generously joined me on one of my training sessions this week.

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” ~ Bernard Meltzer

My running just is crap. It is. I’m not fit and that’s a huge chunk of it, and with that I am not complaining because with time and patience THAT stuff fixes itself. The frustrating things for me involve biomechanical inefficiency. The effort output I expend just isn’t reflective in the speed.

I know how inefficient I am. This has nothing to do with fitness. Bob Cranny (my PT) knows it. Chuck Wolf (the biomechanical guru) in Orlando knows it. JZ knows it. Everyone who knows their shit, who know running mechanics, who watch me run, all agree. So now I just need to figure out how to change how my body runs. Everything....

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where…” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“…so long as I get somewhere!”, Alice added as an explanation.

-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

I have come to understand, truly understand, that I will be managing issues with my back as long as I choose to be an active person. Forget triathlon, these issues are with me for as long as I live, and it’s up to me (mentally and physically) to manage them …. learn to manage them … as best I can.

Some injuries heal up and you move on; others earn the moniker “chronic”. And that’s just the way it is. You can brood, or you can roll with it....