I wrapped up my recovery week from Saturdays race and have laid out my training plan for the remaining weeks prior to the Philly marathon on November 22. As I wrote the other day, I am getting the chance to adjust myself to colder weather since the northeast is in some odd type of ‘deep […]

With the Baltimore Marathon behind me now, its time to focus on the Philly Marathon.. my next stretch of training hasn’t started out so great for two reasons. First, the weather in the northeast is COLD, I mean COLD for October. The morning temperatures have been and will continue to be in the low to […]

I’ve returned from the Baltimore Running Festival .. and what a great experience. I finished strong and never hit the wall like I did a few weeks back, this keeping the pace thing really works! I finished in 4:06 (chip time), the official results for the Baltimore Marathon are posted here (and pretty quick I […]

I don’t expect to be able to post again prior to running the Baltimore Marathon on Saturday. We’re heading out first thing in the morning to drive to Baltimore (its about a 2:30 hour ride), so that I can hit the expo early and do some sight seeing before heading to the hotel. I’m thankful […]

This morning reminded me that it was October by welcoming me with a 39 degree temperature as I headed out at 5:15am… today was my last real ‘run’ before the marathon on Saturday. I got in just over 8 miles, at a moderate pace, but what was funny was how depending on where I was […]

So now that the long miles are over, its time again to concentrate on tapering. I’m once again doing only a 1 week taper before Saturdays Baltimore Marathon .. I completed my last real mid-long of 10 miles today and expect to get about 19 more miles in before Saturday, so that is quite a […]

It was quite unseasonable today for the 3rd day of October in the Northeast .. seems the humidity has set in again. It was nice though to get out early and enjoy a 14-miler, even though it was mostly hills. I decided to cut back from 20 or 22 as I think it serves no […]

Its just about time again to taper for the Baltimore Marathon on October 10th .. I wrapped up a 6.5 mile speed workout this morning, in the chilly air, and feel i’m ready to wind it down again. I’ve noticed that along with October, comes marathon season and the slew of people tapering for their […]

For the first time in quite awhile, I didn’t wake up for my run before my alarm went off .. so at 4:55am today, I was woken by the alarm and was quite a bit groggy. I had 12 miles on the plan for today and did get it in, but it was really a […]

I seem to be getting regular emails now from the Baltimore marathon folks, reminding us of the important highlights of the race. My family will be traveling with me next weekend to Baltimore as we expect to visit the aquarium and the whole inner harbor the day before the marathon. I do have to be […]