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A quick trip to Vancouver

Time for another running story - with tales of lycra and nasty smells abound. For the second time my running group headed North from Seattle to the frozen wastes of Canada and a the city with one of the worst traffic systems I have ever seen. I swear that they randomly change which streets are one way...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 05-05-2008
Ultraman

It used to be that running a marathon was a big deal - until Oprah ran one ! Now every man and his dog, and his cat, and his parrot and his pet stick insect has run a marathon. So how can you possibly stand out from the crowd? Run an ultramarathon ! Yes my dearest family and friends you can now say you...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 04-14-2008
Hills should be illegal!

I know you are all expecting my race reports to get crazier and crazier after my goofy race but the next crazy race is not for 5 more weeks (only the 50k folks - I'm not totally insane [well maybe not till 2009]). But as part of the training we like to get out and do a race every so often and the...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 03-10-2008
The day after

Yesterday I did something crazy so its only fair that today my body gets to pay me back. However thankfully it appears to have taken pity on me. After the race I came back and took the obligatory ice bath - that's 4 in 3 days! Walking has not been too bad. Going down stairs is slightly painful though...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 01-15-2008
A new kind of pain

When we left our hero he was feeling pretty darn good for having run a half marathon after getting up at 3am. When the alarm went off at 3am today (Sunday) I was feeling really good. J walked me to the bus stop at 3:30 and I headed off to the start line for the second time in 2 days. Today there was...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 01-13-2008
One third of the way there...

Well I know those of you on the west coast are probably not even out of bed and some of us have already run a half marathon!!! When you left the thrilling epistle last night the hero (and heroine) had just had the traditional 'night before the race cold bath' and were trying to get to sleep....

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 01-12-2008
Iced nuts!

Well I just got out of 15 minutes in a bath with actual ice in it! Yes Coach REAL ICE! The cold water in the hotel is tepid at best - so after a few minutes in that J decided it needed something extra. After 3 ice buckets full didn't make a dent in the temperature it I filled up a plastic bag and...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 01-11-2008
Three days to go...

Taking the time difference into account I have a little over 3 days to go before I drag myself out of bed at 1am Seattle time to ride a bus to probably the craziest thing I have ever done. At 6am EST on Saturday I will be running the Disney World half marathon - 13.1 miles through Epcot and the Magic...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 01-09-2008
ZMan likes peanut butter!!!

Getting out of bed on a Monday morning is never one of my favourite things in the world but today the legs were rather more unresponsive than normal and with good reason. Yesterday I finished my 4th full marathon and my 1st (and last) one in 2007 due to an injury that took me out earlier in the year...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 11-26-2007
Running, beer and people who fart...

I just got back from a great weekend in Leavenworth, WA where I did several of my favourite things - I ran a half marathon and I drank lots of beer . As for the farting well you will have to read on. My plan for the half marathon was to take things fairly easy. Its my first long race since the Vegas...

Posted to Zman's Diary (Weblog) by zman on 10-15-2007

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