Last week I was scheduled to run 16 miles. With nine weeks to go, it’s a good, hard distance to run. The longest one of the season to that point… and it did NOT work out for me. I’ve been spending way too much time running inside on a treadmill, which hurts both in terms of […]
July Update
I’ve been posting some of my updates on my fundraising page… here is a brief recap of the last two (click the links for full recaps). Two weeks ago, my long run was 9.83 miles, and it was hard. I reviewed what I did wrong (not enough rest after the previous day’s track workout, less than […]
Trails
Trails. When I (used to) think of trails, I picture birds singing and creeks burbling contentedly while the air sighs blissfully through the trees. Then I was lucky enough to join a Ragnar trail relay team. That relay is coming up soon, June 26 and 27. 15 days from today, in fact. How hard can it be, […]
The Long Run
Roughly three weeks before your marathon, you have “the long run.” Outside of an actual marathon, this is the the furthest those of us crazy enough to run marathons will endure. When I ran Boston, that was a 20 mile run. I was running on the actual Boston Marathon course, and there were literally thousands […]
Training & Racing
Last weekend was totally awesome, but now this weekend is here, and with the Marine Corps Marathon just 36 days away, I need to get serious about my training. It’s the point where I’d normally run 17-18 miles. And yet, I signed up for the Salem Wicked Half Marathon tomorrow. Yeah, that was smart. I […]
Hills, hills, hills
Yeah, I have hills on the brain right now. Reach the Beach is less than two weeks away. The course covers just over 207 miles in 36 shifts. Running, then cooling down, then running again. Then doing it a third time… it’s a unique experience to long distance relays. The average team member will run […]
