So it’s the first week in October, and that means this is marathon week over here. I’ve had a couple of training trial and errors through the month of September, and there’s a couple things I’ve learned over these past 4 weeks. This little ditty is for you long distance runners out there who might …
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OK baby girl, enough with the bike riding birthday breakfast bonanzas – you’ve got a marathon you’re supposed to be training for. Oh shoot, you’re right! Well, it’s Saturday, so I guess that means we’re running long today, eh? A few weeks ago I made my own version of Brendan Brazier’s Direct Fuel Bites for …
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Item #177 on my list of Things That Make My Heart Leap Into My Throat: That would be the 24th mile marker of the Rochester Marathon that is now three weeks away. THREE! WEEKS! Seeing that freshly spray painted “24″ on the marathon course during a bike ride today made me gasp and cover my …
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For those of you following along, I read Born to Run a few weeks ago. This book was awesome and continues to have a strong influence on my running life as of late. Much of the book is about these ultra-marathoners who run this insane, 100 mile race through the Rocky Mountains in Leadville, Colorado. …
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I’m officially stocked up on things to blog about! First things first! On Sunday I took my camera along with me on an overcast and very-mild-for-January morning run. I took a punk along with me too. Who wants to come along on a 5 mile run through my new neighborhood? Well, you don’t have a …
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Long run this morning – long for a week day anyway. I wanted to run 7 miles at my (hopeful) half marathon pace (less than three weeks baby!) Which meant anything less than 8:30/mile would make me happy. I was easily able to maintain a 8:00/pace for the whole run, which I think was due …
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I enjoyed a pre-run peach waiting for my bud Shawn to show up to run long this morning. I had my mind on 10 miles but was up for going with the flow and running less if necessary. We set out to do a 6 mile loop and as soon as we started I was …
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As part of my very loose half marathon training plan (i.e., getting in one long run a week between 7 – 10 miles) I had a long run on tap for today. My running buddy Shawn said he was up for going long today so he came out to run with me. Waiting for him …
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