http://riverbrady.trifuel.net randomness, writings, and general Brady stuff Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:54:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Youtube Video covering the race This May I found myself virtually thrown into my first adventure race - the Spread Your Wings 2008 24 Hour race. I had thought about adventure races, been trail running with the Austin Adventure Racers, but had never imagined jumping in straight to a full day ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/11/06/a-long-overdue-spread-your-wings-2008-race-report/ This follows on my experience, and is one of the reasons the weekend was so great. "There's something succinctly different about adventure racers. Crazy, yes. Disciplined, sure. But they are the most optimistic, good humored people in the world as a whole. Sure, there's one or two who are way too ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/05/29/an-excerpt-from-the-spread-your-wings-ar-forum/ I was going through things this evening and realized I've never posted this here...one of my poems from a few years back. I always like revisiting this to remind myself of the joys I can take from running... Formatting is a bit funky and I'm tired, so a simple link will ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/04/29/the-distance/ It's so easy to let oneself get caught up in the hurricane surrounding every day...to imprint upon your mind and thoughts that this and that need to be done now, that you'll get back to that email or phone call sometime later, that one more week...or two won't make a ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/04/28/catching-up/ From lactate threshold testing we know I can get my running HR up to at least 203. Yesterday while maxing on the bike I hit 200. Normally your biking max is supposed to be 10-15 beats lower than your running max. It's looking like I'm one of the anomalies, ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/04/25/biking-heart-rate/ The past week has marked the first full week I've been back training and enjoying it. I joined up with 24 Hour Fitness right after Easter due to an incredible price on a new membership. Since then it's been a gradual transition back into a regular weight routine, trying out ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/04/07/ongoing/ An interesting article on why humans make good distance runners . http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/04/07/humans-as-distance-runners/ Today marked my first Monday yoga. I plan on incorporating more days as we continue and as my leg allows, but Monday is the day we absolutely get together for the bit of time to ourselves. Afterwards I headed to the gym for some upper body. Tomorrow the plan is to ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2008/03/17/slowly/ It's been nine years and while I know how he died, I still don't know the cause. I don't think I could bear to reopen that wound with the people who would know, but that last afternoon we were all together and seeing Kent, RJ, and Nick walking back has ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2007/12/16/alex-nine-years-passed/ Monday was a day off. Tues - Thurs ended up as key workouts where I kept pushing myself while making sure I got the proper nutrition/stretching (min 20 minutes, until tightness was gone)/sleep afterwards (at least 8 hours). Tuesday 1:25, 9.85 miles 30 min run in the morning - 3.5mi Running at Barton Springs ... http://riverbrady.trifuel.net/2007/10/26/key-workouts-for-the-week/