So here is a shot of the approximate incline on my hill workout today … The workout was just as I expected it to be though … rough, but good. I’m pretty beat up now after my long run of 20 on Saturday and then 10 miles of hills today. The above screenshot from gmap […]

There’s nothing like an early morning 20+ mile run to remind you that you’re training for a marathon .. all the normal post-long-run symptoms were there when I got back home, the sweaty clothes, sore muscles, chaffing in ‘all the normal places’, dehydration .. its just good to be back. Despite all the symptoms, I […]

Its been a rough week so far for a couple of reasons, first, this insomnia is starting to bother me worse than it ever has. I wrote last Friday about about not being able to sleep for a few nights in a row, and it hasn’t gotten any better since (we’re on over 2 weeks […]

I guess you can’t teach an old runner, new tricks .. I wrote on Thursday about how I was supposed to step back this weekend and rest up by doing under 14 miles for my long run, and it just didn’t happen. Somehow I got motivated enough to get in just about 19 miles instead […]

I can always tell its been a busy week when I don’t get the chance to write in my blog, but finally (early on a Friday when I should be sleeping), I have time to write. My insomnia has returned in some form over the past 2 weeks, in that I find myself waking up […]

A simple answer is … a foot covered with blood (take note of the picture). Apparently my one toenail cut into the other toe and ripped my foot open today during my hill workout. It scared me when I got home, looked at a bloody sock and feared the worst… It didn’t hurt or anything, […]

Its been a good week of training so far, I was able to push up my mid-week ‘long’ run up to 10 miles without any issue. It was nice to get back to some of the old longer routes I was doing in the late summer before work. At this point, making sure I have […]

I guess you can say this post is the ‘opposite’ of this summertime post regarding the humidity vs. the heat .. its kind of funny how things change so drastically in just 5 months time. I’ve had some people comment and email me telling me that I seem to be obsessed with the weather .. […]

Its the start of a new year and the weather here in the Northeast continues to be awful … snow yesterday, ice and sleet overnight, what a way to ring in 2010. I think the sign I caught a picture of and included in this post while I traveled to Belvidere, NJ today says it […]

So far this week the weather hasn’t let me down in making it a challenge as I continue to push through my training for the spring. I continue to try and find the positive aspects of training, like everyday that I get out, its slowly getting lighter earlier .. by this time next month, I […]