time lapse runner
Thursday, April 6, 2017
What is Hip?
This is a picture of a hip joint. It looks bad to me, but what do I know. This I do know: after only two days of extended walking around the neighborhood, my left hip is killing me. Two days. Walking. Pain. Back in January the timelapserunner tried to start up his exercise program by a combination of walking and jogging. To the best of my memory, the same thing happened: hip pain. If this is what it will be like just to start up again, how will this ex-runner be able to train for a half-marathon? Good question. One without a great answer at the moment. So, here's the deal. We're going to stop and see if the pain goes away. We'll wait till it is gone. Gone. Then we'll try again. If it's déjà vu all over again, we may have donated $85 to the Louisiana Marathon. Bummer. Meanwhile, enjoy one of my favorite groove tunes.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Dark Thirty (Five)
Back in the days when the timelapserunner was marathon training, the early morning workout was his standard ritual. But years have elapsed and later morning rising times have become the norm. We must break that cycle if we are to get rugged, get ready, get rumbling towards January 14, 2018. So we set Alexa for 6:00 AM this morning. Seems like a runner's internal clock is actually in control of things, however. Awake at 5:25 AM we were. Ready to leave the house as the oven clock read 5:35 AM. On the streets. Back in the saddle. Not quite in the groove but you have to start somewhere. And somewhere begins at the end of the driveway ... at dark thirty or dark thirty-five, as the case may be.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Has the world gone mad, or just this would-be runner?
Maybe there's a coincidence between this post's theme and April Fool's Day? Maybe. All mental protestations to the contrary, yours truly, the timelapserunner, has gone mad once more. This time he's entered the 2018 Louisiana Marathon, at which point he will have already reached the ripe old age of 70. Perhaps he's only half mad: he's entered the half marathon, not the whole enchilada. Still, given the shape he's in at the moment, his work is cut out for him. Roughly twenty pounds heavier than his training weight for the 2013 edition of this event, he is hoping to shed a few pounds during the months to come. I still can't believe he's done this. What was he thinking? His aching bones and joints already have aching bones and joints. O, the humanity!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
It's just a piece of cheap metal, but ...
Just a piece of medal on a ribbon? |
Friday, January 18, 2013
Last Chance Saloon
Last chance before the long expanse (Courtesy susanvg @ Flickr) |
Sunday, January 6, 2013
If you can do it, then you know you can do it.
The next significant point of departure |
Thursday, January 3, 2013
In Memory of My Godmother
Almost to Aunt Leona's |
Yesterday afternoon, my aunt and godmother Leona passed from this life to the next - on a Wednesday, around 5PM, like her husband nearly 13 years before her. She outlived her two adult brothers by a good many years, not unexpectedly of course. Most of my memories of Aunt Leona are from my childhood, but all my memories of Aunt Leona are from experiences that were positive and live-giving. She was a great woman, possessed of many virtues. Most notable to me in reflection on my memories are her kindness, hospitality and strength. Perhaps I particularly note these because the timelapserunner senses his personal deficiencies there. Still, let me recall some memories.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
This town is going to the dogs
Gingerbread Jog Dog Walk |
OK. So, this is getting a little ridiculous. I go out for a workout run and I end up in the middle of a road race or fun walk or both. In today's case, the timelapserunner found himself competing with man's best friends for a piece of the road. Intent on putting in his six miles around the Lakes and City Park this morning, the timelapserunner found himself trading strides with little four-legged racers competing in the Cane's-sponsored Gingerbread 1-mile Family Fun Run and Dog Walk in the City Park area. With most of the mutts tuckered out near the finish, yours truly had little trouble passing them up even though we were more than three miles into our workout at the time. But that encounter was only the half of it.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Perhaps I'd have made a half-decent boy scout
The Path |
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Do you believe in magic?
The Mississippi River Levee Near LSU |
Saturday, November 24, 2012
I went to (a) run and a race broke out
Golden Flyers 5 and 10 Mile Runners |
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Two digits and the first one is a 2
Another milepost logged (Courtesy jshyun @ Flickr) |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Miles and miles
Miracle Mile in Daytime (Wiki Commons) |
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Signs of the times
One of three interesting signposts on the LSU Lakes route |
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Walk, Don't Run
Haven't seen one like this, have you? (Courtesy Rakka @ Flickr) |
Friday, October 26, 2012
Don't be Running on Empty
Fill 'er up! (Courtesy freefotouk @ Flickr) |
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Edge of Seventeen
A very special number (Courtesy Leo Reynolds @ Flickr) |
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Raggedy Andy the Runner
Sometimes I feel like Raggedy Andy (Courtesy goingslo @ Flickr) |
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Persevering Patience
More than just warmth? (Courtesy oddnation.net) |
Monday, October 8, 2012
The Dichotomy Paradox and Marathon Training
The great philosopher Zeno (Courtesy Stifts- och landsbiblioteket i Skara's photostream @ Flickr) |
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