Thanks to my friend Brownie who linked to this video from his blog.  This is a great video that pretty much shows why I enjoy trail running:

Road running is OK, but really my heart is on trails like the ones in the video. If you’re not a trail runner, or a runner at all, that video may be boring to you, but to us trail geeks, it’s an awesome video
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My friends Mike, Bridget and pastor Zak ran the San Antonio Marathon.  I talked to Mike yesterday when he came by to pick up his dog, and from his report, it seems like it was a fun race.
Mike said the course was very flat, save for the steep hill right at the end.  He also mentioned that the start was chaotic from the AT&T Center, and that the race started while some runners were still on the shuttle busses.
He also mentioned that the end was at the Alamodome, and to …

Yesterday, after I took my son back to his mom’s, I went out to Town Lake for a run. I decided to run the 4 mile loop on the east side of I-35.
The loop goes from I-35, out to Longhorn Dam, over the Dam, up Pleasant Valley Rd, then along Lakeshore Blvd, up to Riverside Dr, then back to I-35. I think the temperature was somewhere near 100 degrees, and I didn’t get started on trail until about 6:30 pm.
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I was dying.
Maybe because of how far …

I ran today for the first time in almost 3 months.  Well, if you can call it running since it was on a treadmill. In any case, I’m just happy that I was able to run today and had no pain in my foot.
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I’m very happy.
My stretching and cross training seems to have paid off. I saw some pictures of myself today, and quite frankly, I’m shocked. I need to do something about this state that I’m in. Maybe I need to commit to …

Well, I was over on the information page for the SA Marathon, and noticed that they have free online training sponsored by New Balance. Now, I’m a Brooks man myself, but I do likes me some free training. I signed up as a beginner runner for the training.
We’ll see how it goes.
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The rego fees don’t go up again until 8/31 and there’s a 12 mile run scheduled for 8/30. I figure, if I can finish the 12 mile run in good shape, I’ll register for …