It was rough today getting out and going … I was really tired this morning and it showed in my pace. I got my 12 miles in, however instead of keeping the 8:00/mile pace, I ended with an overall 8:30/mile pace. The good part is that I was on a 8:00/mile pace in the last […]

I decided to follow the same course for my 22 mile run today as I did last week, the course seemed to work for me. I ran it 3 minutes faster than last week, which was good, but did work a little harder for it. Basically last week I wrote about how the temperatures were […]

I got a good workout in Thursday before my day off today, got 8.25 strong miles in and realized the course I was measuring at 8 miles, is actually 8.25 miles.. I realized it when I was running a consistent 8:00/mile, and once I left the dyke and came back, it took me almost 10 […]

I didn’t expect to bump the miles up at all this week compared to last week, although I found myself off the ‘normal’ path yesterday and doing the exact opposite. I decided to stray from the course I run along the dyke near my house and venture off on the bike trails through the woods. […]

I cranked out a great run today, even though its my ‘opt-out’ day. I generally do 4 miles or so, sometimes even 3 to 3.5, but today ended up doing 5 miles. It was something about the music I was listening to I guess. I had the ipod loaded with live Dave Matthews Band from […]

I got inspired to add to my “you know you’re a runner when” favorites list originally posted HERE. Some of these are so true about me (if you really know me): * – you use words like “ten miler” and “easy run” in the same sentence * – you run so much that your family […]

In three weeks this time, the first marathon of the season will be behind me. Its hard to think the summer of training is coming to a close. I rocked on my 12 mile pace run this morning, turning in a pace of just under 8:10/mile … I know I did better than that because […]

I have to say that it was an absolutely great morning for a run here in the northeast. It was foggy out at first, but the temps were at around 55, and there was a chill in the air. It took about an hour for the fog to burn off, so the direct sunlight never […]

I wrote yesterday about how I was planning on running a local 5K tonight, however i’ve decided not to. In doing my speed workout this morning, my left groin is quite sore, it was actually quite sore for more than 6 of the 8 miles I did, so I’m thinking I better give it a […]

I never thought I could get in 14 miles on a Wednesday like I did today. I’m finding something interesting in tracking my times though .. basically the time for the first half of a run is SLOWER than that of the second half, hmm, how does that happen? You would think that performance on […]