In reviewing my training schedule, I realized that the Baltimore Running Festival is really only 10 weeks away now .. I kind of lost track of it with focusing on the Lehigh Valley Health Network marathon, which is only 6 weeks away. That means then, that the Philly Marathon is just 16 weeks away, wow, […]

I know its an old cliche, but the title of this post says it all about this mornings run. I had 11 miles to do and I knew it was going to be warm, but I opened up my front door to head out at 5:15am, and got hit with this heavy, warm, tropical thickness […]

Seems we’re heading into the most difficult part of the summer as far as marathon training goes. Its not bad enough that I sweat like crazy when its not steaming hot and humid, but now that the morning temperatures seem to be starting out at close to 70 degrees with 90-100% humidity, its getting out […]

I have to say that as I return from my couple day vacation in Wildwood, its been the wildest weather and running experience yet while being out of town. Out of the 3 mornings I ran down at the beach this week, 2 of the 3 were in the rain .. I’ve never had to […]

I wrote yesterday about how dehydrated I was, and I have to say I felt pretty awful the rest of the day even though I continued to drink gallon after gallon of water, gatorade and everything in between. I decided to head to the pool and swim with my daughter for a bit yesterday as […]

I’ve written several times over the years about the struggles with running in July and August. Once again today I hit the wall at about mile 18 or so when I was terribly dehydrated, even though I took all the precautions I have been taking week after week, it just wasn’t enough. I felt it […]

With 3 of my 4 weekday runs completed, it feels more like May than it does July … the morning temperatures the last 3 days has been just more than 50 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. I’m not sure whats going on with that, but its funny the way that people react. Monday morning, I […]

Its funny the difference a day makes .. just yesterday I was complaining of knee pain and a day later its not even an issue. Not to say that it won’t reappear again in the next few days, but I would have thought that after 11.2 miles at an 8:00/mile would bring out the soreness […]

I wrote the other day about my sore knees that started bothering me after my speed run on Thursday, well its not getting that much better although its not getting any worse. I rested yesterday, kept the ice on them and kept up with the ibuprofen and it didn’t feel too bad when I headed […]

So for the second week in a row, I come out of my Thursday speed workout with something being sore … if I recall, every training season I end up stopping the speed work for the same reason, and I just might do it again. This week my left knee is real sore, it doesn’t […]