The Greater Perrinville Athletic Association

After reading Outlive, the best selling book about living longer and healthier, I am an even stronger proponent of obstacle course racing.  ...

The 5k track run has been consistent gauge of fitness for me.   H aving not clocked a satisfying 5k effort since December 2020 , and feeling...

I run 1:26:52 at Togane half-marathon in March.   I improve on time at the ChiangMai Half.  But at Togane I go out fast and steadily fade - ...

    So I had finally reached acceptance with the reality of aging and that I am not as fast as 5 years ago.  See post from Toda run in Novem...

My run comeback continues - I actually complete a half marathon event, my longest run race in some 9 years. Nine years ago I was disappointe...

  As you can see from the picture, I am delighted with age group medal from last week's Toda 10k event.   <-  My pacing is rather aby...

I am awake and jet-legged at 5:30am so might as well get up and do the Parkrun with my teammates right?   The wickedly cold wind at the star...

 It had been seven years  since I struggled with a cross country competition, and it is still a painful memory.    But I am determined to ma...

 I compete in one triathlon again this year - a convenient sprint event on Whidbey Island: Swim - I diligently trained daily for several mon...

  Four years later I return to the Murph Test challenge last Friday.  I am pleased and surprised to break 40 minutes again -- hitting 39:56....

Of course I used ChatGPT to generate my most recent race report (see below).     I mean aren't all race reports pretty much the same boi...

I really hoped to complete a triathlon this year in order to: 1) feel like legitimate triathlete and 2) make all my Zwift rides and spa swim...

I was pleased to conquer all 20 obstacles at last Saturday's Spartan obstacle course race.   Failure to execute on the obstacle results ...

I competed in my 2021 "A Race" last weekend - an 11.63-kilometer Obstacle Course Race with 694 meters of elevation.   This is my f...

I  am always seeking to vary my exercise routine --  cross training to mitigate my high injury risk and to work different muscles  More broa...