tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:05:44 +0000DetroitMarathonBarry BondsKnoxvilleRunningTylenolcheatinghttp://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)Blogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-7893253694698315805Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +00002009-10-29T13:03:42.698-04:00I've been living in Knoxville for about three years now and one thing that I immediately noticed (and was surprised by) was the music scene. Even in the last three years since I have been here, a few new venues have sprung up thus attracting even more acts to the city to perform. People in and around Knoxville love their music, and being from Detroit, I definitely can appreciate that. People http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/10/knoxville-gets-less-musical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-856044162552559711Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:36:00 +00002009-10-21T14:55:11.258-04:00Yeah. I was riding shotgun in that truck last week. Luckily everyone involved walked away from the accident, the other driver got a DUI and both drivers need new cars. Not exactly what I would call a fun experience, but something that definitely reminds you that life is fragile and can end at any time. This is the other car:Somehow I only managed to bruise my right leg pretty good in the http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/10/aint-nothing-gonna-break-my-stride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-3232513630101924840Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:18:00 +00002009-10-12T14:46:24.211-04:00Well hello again! You should know me well enough by now to know that I update this blog every few months. Don't get jealous, it's not like I am blogging somewhere else....I'm just not blogging at all. Sad, I know. I do enjoy writing and I do enjoy running so my intentions are in the right place. The intention of putting my ass in front of the computer in order to marry the two together to http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/10/thunder-road-half-marathon-dec-12-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-3498733983982315046Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:17:00 +00002009-07-13T11:20:09.371-04:00Maybe I am the only one that thinks the shuffle feature on the ipod isn't as random as I'd like it to be. I have 13,000 songs on my ipod and I should RARELY hear 2 songs from the same artist within 10 songs of each other, but it seems to happen all the time. Anyone else notice this?http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-have-some-serious-questions-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-428132880570090996Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:25:00 +00002009-07-10T10:33:45.982-04:00So when I am running, or walking, or driving, or hanging out on a bench in the mall, I see 'elderly', or 'old people' with modern technology - like an Iphone, Ipod, Blackberry, etc. and I wonder what motivated them to embrace technology and then furthermore, what songs are on their ipods and if they needed help figuring out how to take music off those vinyl albums and get them on their devices. http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/07/does-anyone-else-wonder-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-4532497048501350411Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-07-09T12:48:58.823-04:00So, it’s pretty easy to get busy or uncreative. I would say I’ve done a good job at both lately, but I’m going to give this thing a go again. The idea here is to provide good material that others will care about reading, right? Easier said than done. I could go on and on and on about how the grass grows in front of my place or I could document paint drying. I don’t even need to paint http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2009/07/since-im-still-paying-for-this-url-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-8625260756879353317Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:05:00 +00002008-04-04T12:05:25.921-04:00The title of this post could have been something creative and memorable like "a tale of two marathons", or "the irony of the number 22" or "this one was for the team" but I couldnt pick a favorite so, much like my other marathon report, I left it plain and simple. Deal with it.The marathon is an event that sucks every drop of life out of you, so the couple of days before the race, you don't wanthttp://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/03/knoxville-marathon-33008-race-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-6871167424850058034Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +00002008-03-28T13:45:41.047-04:00I am sitting at home sick (almost recovered), 2 days before my 2nd marathon, and all I can think about is this: Why am I running this thing on Sunday? Why have I gotten back into running? Why have I been sick basically the entire month of March? Why, when I got back into running, did I jump straight into marathon training?I think the answer really is simple. I frickin love it. I can't http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/03/why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-8045025580817726282Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +00002008-03-13T11:01:03.324-04:00Nothing, honestly. Well, that's not totally true, but I haven't been running. The Story:I ran one too many times on my old shoes. I developed tendonitis of the flexor tendon on my right foot (thats your 'big toe' tendon, kids). It was painful to run, painful to walk. This happened Feb 26. On March 2, I had signed up for a 30K race--or 18.6 miles if you're not into that whole metric system http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-uhhhh-what-have-i-been-up-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-7551914054093187958Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:37:00 +00002008-02-18T12:50:12.922-05:00In the words of everyone's favorite rapper/actor, Ice Cube, Today was a good day.If anyone has been following my progress (doubtful), you'd know that in most races of any distance, I am around 8:00/mile. You'd also know that I've been struggling with improving upon this pace--I've never really known/had the guts to actually try to run faster.So, with this being a half marathon, and my pace beinghttp://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/02/race-report-strawberry-plains-half.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-5718474155987626165Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:04:00 +00002008-02-14T11:23:58.872-05:00I have had to take a couple trips this month for business. I have been sick both times. I don't think the traveling and the sicknesses have been related, (the entire east side of Tennessee is apparently sick right now), but nonetheless I haven't been running as much as I'd like. How do runners run while they're traveling? I find it hard to fit in and frankly I usually don't have the http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-am-lame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-323642306878150343Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:30:00 +00002008-01-28T14:15:24.084-05:00I know everyone loves a good race report, so here is mine from the Calhouns 10 miler ran on Jan 26, 2008. This is an annual event in Knoxville, and this was the 14th running. I didn't really figure it out until afterwards that this race brings all of the best runners in the area out, this really was an excellent field of runners. The weather was just about right for running a long distance. http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/01/calhouns-10-miler-race-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-6494178977062473402Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-01-25T15:51:45.430-05:00...I've lost more weight in 3 days than I had in 8 months of running. It's funny how stuff like that works.I guess this week hasn't been a total waste. I've finally made it down to my ideal weight! It's only taken 3 days of bathroom trips and no eating to get it done. Forget all that running business, that stuff is for the birds! IF YOU DON'T EAT YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT! The secret is out!No http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/01/ive-been-runner-since-may-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-956296369559359089Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:59:00 +00002008-01-24T18:06:07.001-05:00I would like to take the time to congratulate a Burrito restaurant on Northshore Dr. in Knoxville, TN (name rhymes with 'hose') for successfully becoming the first (and hopefully, only) restaurant to serve me (partially cooked?) food that my body could not handle.Now, I am not one to make accusations, but I had lunch at this establishment and some 7 hrs later 'lunch' wanted to see the 'the otherhttp://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/01/do-not-give-food-poisoning-to-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-2320723736050621976Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +00002008-01-18T11:09:25.690-05:00Oh no, Oprah is still my prime target for defeat in the Knoxville marathon. I accidentally told some people jokingly at a run that I had set taking down Oprah as a goal for this marathon, and it seems as if the whole city of Knoxville now knows I'm out to get Oprah. She ran a marathon in 4:29:20 back in the 90's, and that time is something that coincidentally I am shooting for.After some tough http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-think-i-forgot-about-taking-oprah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-8065454354266502601Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:14:00 +00002008-01-07T11:23:41.134-05:00I have changed up my running routine a little bit for this upcoming Knoxville marathon. I am running 3 times during the week, and my long run is on Saturday mornings rather than Sundays. There are multiple reasons for this, but the biggest being the Knoxville Track Club has a group run Saturday mornings for marathon preparation. I cannot stress how awesome it is to have the Knoxville Track http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2008/01/benefits-of-running-with-partner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-6195011206417526987Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:43:00 +00002007-12-31T17:14:36.867-05:00I don't know about anyone else, but I really used to dread winter running. I also used to live in Michigan, where on any given day there could be 10 inches of snow and ice, with a temperature of zero. It goes without saying, but that really never happens in Tennessee. The high is usually between 45 and 55F, which to me is perfect running weather. The only thing that still gets me is the lack http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/12/treadmillyou-are-not-my-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-5047945737395216863Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:44:00 +00002007-12-20T16:13:49.175-05:00Yo yo yo yo yo, Happy Holidays and stuff.Starting Jan 1, I am going to have a weekly blog over at www.knoxvillemarathon.com. It's going to be talking about my training leading up to the Knoxville marathon in March. I'm pretty sure they are only expecting one blog a week out of me over there, so don't you worry kids, I will still be writing over here when I feel inclined to do so.I have picked http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-on-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-7849287355013640590Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:12:00 +00002007-11-29T16:21:33.677-05:00Nothing much has been going on. I am in 'rehab' mode from my last marathon still, and that was advised by my PT and coach for this upcoming Knoxville marathon (they have been great to work with, by the way....)I did go to the PT the other day for a gait evaluation, and he told me I have a weak behind, which was leading to my sore IT bands. My gluteus minimus (I think that's what it's called), http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/11/im-still-alive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-7121387014600396208Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:51:00 +00002007-11-13T14:37:04.645-05:00I haven't been up to much lately, until this past Saturday. This past Saturday was the first day that I was able to meet my "teammates" for the Marathon training Local News reality show.Everybody on the team is really nice, and they really did a good job in picking the team. I don't say that because they picked me, but our group is very diverse. No two people have the same story or the same http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/11/lights-camera-action.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-8363902616845511341Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:50:00 +00002007-11-07T16:14:48.700-05:00YUCK! The average US household watches TV 8 hrs, 14 minutes a day. That statistic is staggering to me. I had no idea the averages were so high, but then I look outside at a busy restaurant or street corner and based on the 'fitness' of the people I see, I am not surprised.This raises the question: is TV that good, or is America that lazy? Granted, I am guilty of TV watching. I watch sports http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/11/average-american-watches-4-hrs-35.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-4475557319245752739Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:52:00 +00002007-11-06T11:01:59.129-05:00RIP Ryan Shay. You never want to hear about anyone that is 28 years old dying. I'm 28 years old. It's a sad and curious situation. My thoughts really go out to his family and I am curious to hear what the cause of death is. 5 miles seems a little early to be having an exercise induced heart attack, especially for a marathoner.He was an EAS runner, and Bill Romanowski is/was affiliated with http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/11/usa-marathon-trials.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-1843414701266543702Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:54:00 +00002007-11-01T17:30:21.897-04:00It's been about a 10 days since I last ran. I really haven't felt up to it, and it still feels like my legs are recovering from the marathon. I have worked out twice, both times getting on the bike, stretching extensively and doing some Ab, hip and quad work. That has felt really good.I also re-evaluated my training program and I have changed to the Higdon Marathon Novice 2 program. It has http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/11/post-marathon-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-6811220676599940228Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:51:00 +00002007-10-25T11:03:10.781-04:00....I am going to run in the 2008 Knoxville Marathon. I am going to use Hal Higdon's 18 week Novice 1 Training schedule, and lift a lot more weights. It is to be run on March 30, training begins November 26. For four days after my first marathon, my legs feel pretty good. I can walk with no visible limp, but I do not feel ready to run just yet. My ankles are a little tight still and my quads http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-been-decided.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2326018198235796996.post-3930404490792160421Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:39:00 +00002007-10-24T20:48:05.553-04:00http://knoxvillerunning.blogspot.com/2007/10/detroit-marathon-pictures-102107.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KdoubleA)1