Per my earlier post on the subject, I really got toasted at the Philadelphia Marathon. I admitted mental defeat and started focusing on the physical aspects, which are difficult to overcome once you’ve mentally “moved on.” But this year was my year. I PR’d in every race I entered:
I found some awesome music on Shockwave Sound.com. I can’t stop listening to it. Anyway, it inspired me to create a somewhat cinematic overview of the services provided over at my film studio. This was a snap to make, and was done entirely in After Effects using Andrew Kramer techniques. Hope […]
I got my butt kicked at my first-ever full marathon. Let’s see, where do I start…Many things happened that got me a little unraveled mentally, so perhaps I should start there…None of this, by the way, is an apologia for my performance. I believe, per my earlier post on this, that I […]
Well, one week left to the day.
I’ve decided that training for a marathon is easily more mental than physical, at least for me. My will to run long distance fades mentally long before it does physically. Here are the three things I think I did wrong during my training:
But I’m back…after a long business trip followed by the changing Philadelphia weather harnessed to one heckuva cold, I went out today for a brisk 3 miles, keeping the heart pumping the whole way.
Well, I can’t say I’m ready for this Marathon. I also can’t really say I’ve enjoyed the training very much. Can I run 26.2 miles? I’m really not sure! Have I prepared myself fully to run 26.2 miles? I’m not sure. I’ve had the best running year of my […]