Training Log Archive: Bash

Elite American ultrarunner Dakota Jones, 23, is an entertaining observer of the sport. In this article, he describes the eye-opening experience of running in the mid-pack of a 50-miler on a day when illness prevented him from running at his usual pace.

Little-known ultramarathon fact: they are mostly composed of runners who are not trying to win the race. What this means is that the people we see and hear all about (leaders, winners, those who look appealing and/or fast) comprise at times as little as one percent of the whole field of a race. Those people run fast up front, but behind them trek the vast majority of the participants. When I discovered this, I was appalled. That such a large group of like-minded people could have completely flown under the radar for so long was incredible to me. So, being the muckraking human-rights activist that I am, I decided to go underground to find out just what this group of people was really all about.
http://www.irunfar.com/2013/12/the-mid-packers.htm...

Rodney Yee Power Yoga for Flexibility

By the time I finished this short workout, about 90% of the residual foot pain from yesterday was gone. I'm not sure what that means about the current nature of my injury but in the past, this wouldn't have happened.

Supermans (Supermen?) and a few different planks.

Adding a few new exercises from Tuesday's appointment.