Posted in Jog Log on Jun 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
This week I began a new training regimen: I stopped watching the stopwatch. In fact, I’ve probably slowed my running pace by at least 25%. The change has been so euphoric (and counter-intuitively productive) that I’ve pondered recalculating the pace of the other 23 1/2 hours of my day.
Time not only reminds us of our [...]
Posted in Jog Log, Writing & Reading on Mar 19th, 2009 3 Comments »
I would be the first to admit it: my rote memory skills are abysmal. As Achilles’ heels go, this may seem a trivial defect. Nonetheless, my inept memory forms a tripwire, stretching across every scholastic threshold I long to cross.
In the literary context, I chaff against that tripwire when I attempt to apply the technique [...]
Posted in Jog Log on Sep 25th, 2008 No Comments »
If you must forgo sand and field, run on asphalt. Not sidewalk concrete, but asphalt: they say it has more give. If you waive country roads flanked by miles of corn crops and ranch homes, commit to city bike lanes, subdivisions well-stocked with Priuses (or is that Prii?), and side streets with 50s-style, single-family dwellings [...]
