Just 60 hours to go ..! I have to share a story … I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get to pick up my race packet today for Sundays race, since it will be a struggle to get there tomorrow and even on Saturday to get it, but i’ll have to figure it out […]

I always struggle with tapering for a marathon, because i’m so used to just running, running and running .. but i’m finding out that the extra rest and reduction in miles (although its mild) is helping my overall performance. I tend to look at it like its all coming together now, 17 weeks of hard […]

You can say that i’m doing things slightly backwards than normal, because i’m just now deciding what pace i’ll try to run Sunday’s marathon in. I did PR in this same race last year (although the course was slightly different)… however in comparison to last year, i’m not sure i’m at the same fitness level. […]

I realized that I’m supposed to be doing a short taper before the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon next Sunday, and found out that I still ran 65 miles this past week. I kind of knew I would have trouble cutting the miles back, but I really need to focus on trying to cut back […]

Its become that time for me to think about what I should NOT do while I taper for my first marathon of the season on September 13th. I’ve written this type of post many times, but always think that its important for me to remember these tips because they really do lead to success .. […]

I’m anxious to start resting up my body in preparation for the first fall marathon on September 13th, and the opportunity couldn’t have come any sooner. I’ve been somewhat absent on posting in the blog this week just due to being tired .. the combination of traveling last weekend (and visiting, which is always busy), […]

I finished up another wet weekend of running while on vacation in Connecticut this past weekend. Like I anticipated, I got in 12 miles in the rain on Friday morning, then turned around for another 10 miles on Saturday… I was pretty beat on Sunday, so after accumulating 101 miles over a 7 day period, […]

Its a weird kind of psychosis that us runners have with our hobby that is causing me to feel a bit of sadness that the 22 miler I did this morning is the last long run before the first fall marathon on September 13th. The good part is that I did the same course I […]

Its kind of easy to tell that marathon season is almost upon me because because every run keeps getting easier, regardless of the distance. I shook up my schedule this week because we’re traveling to my in-laws at the end of the week, so over a 4 day period since Saturday, i’ve put in 57 […]

Last weekend I suffered from ‘hitting the wall’ when trying to get a 22 miler in .. but I succeeded this week by taking some advice from other runners out there, here is what I did: 1. Kept a decent long-run pace … I realized that in looking at my time two weeks ago (when […]