My intention this week as I start to enter the second half of the training for my first fall marathon is to start building on the mileage i’ve worked up by adding some speed to my mid week runs. I’ve been running my Tuesday and Wednesday 10 milers at about an 8:20/mile pace the last […]

I always chuckle when I write about a “great” 20 mile run, as if there isn’t such a thing, but again today I prove that proper preparation and attitude are the ingredients for a great long run. I wrote last weekend about how the long run was not treating me well and decided to change […]

Its always a thrill to hang out at the running store today (btw, I shop at The Finish Line Running store in Emmaus) although I was disappointed they didn’t have the Mizuno Wave Rider 5’s that i’ve been using in my size … so the next best thing? The Mizuno Alchemy 8 … it actually […]

I really kicked it up a notch today on my speed run .. not sure why, but I may have kicked it up so far, that I strained my left foot. It might just be sore for no good reason as its not ‘killing me’, its just sore. The soreness is right in the arch […]

Even though i’m struggling with being overly tired, I still managed to kick it up a notch this morning on my 10-miler. I’m feeling that its time to make the next midweek mileage increase, because I think i’m getting too comfortable with 10 miles. I never thought i’d get bored doing 10 miles multiple times […]

It was only a week or so back and I was complaining about the rain and the constant cloudiness, and now i’m regretting that I can’t go back to it. Running and training (especially marathon training) in the heat is actually a better workout once your body becomes acclimated to the heat. Even though I […]

Another weekend goes by and another long run in the books. I expected to get 20 miles in today but again missed it by about 2 tenths of a mile like I did last week, what a bummer. It was a little more difficult today to complete, and i’m trying to understand why .. one […]

I’ve found that the addition of the Wii Active to my daily routine is actually a little change from the same old normal routine. I really found a liking for the cardio boxing and the sports exercises (basketball, tennis, volleyball). I also found a liking for the resistance weights as well .. it seems to […]

As I wrote yesterday, I broke down and bought into the Wii hype of ‘Wii Active’, and plan to mix it into my marathon training plan. I don’t intend to focus too hard on the lower body workouts since I get a pretty good workout, but more on the upper body and ‘core’ exercises that […]

I’ve been quite lucky now two times in the last two weeks with the bad weather. Again today I just missed running to run in the massive rain storm that passed over our area this morning.. I literally got to my driveway and the rain picked up, just like what happened last week (although that […]