I feel i’ve recovered sufficiently from the high miles last week as I prepare to stretch it one level further this week. I had a nice recovery run on Monday of 4 miles and really punched out a good 8 miler this morning down on the Dyke. I realized that I actually shorted last Tuesdays […]

I wrote yesterday that you can tell its hard-core marathon training time, and I can say that i’m among the ‘tired’ and ‘sore’ as of right now. I did my longest mile week this week, completing a 12 miler (at an 8:10 pace) to finish out a 67 mile week. WOW, 67 miles, impressive. The […]

I guess I never got to writing about nutrition, oh well. One thing I can say, is DON’T eat the way I have been in the last few days .. I’ve had family in due to a wedding, so we’re talking rehearsal dinner (pizza) on Thursday, reception (tons of crap) yesterday, then out again for […]

So I uploaded my current training schedule to the website for anyone interested in seeing it. Its kind of broken up and not quite as consistent as usual because of some of the different things going on during July, but i’m really in the hardcore training now so remaining consistent is important. I did another […]

I write a lot about things in this blog, but i’ve received emails asking me how do I train for a marathon? I’ve completed 7 marathons and expect to complete 4 marathons this fall. Not an easy task. To be honest, I don’t follow any specific plan, I more or less just built my own […]

I decided to try something a little different today outside of ‘just’ running … jumping rope. I did it for just under 10 minutes, and WOW, did it kick my butt. I didn’t want to go too long because I don’t know what the effects might be on my legs and I don’t want to […]

I completed my second 60+ mile week pretty well, although tired and thankfully there was no RAIN today! I’ve got a sore right thigh muscle from Thursdays run (when I first felt it throbbing). It doesn’t bother me once I get moving on it, so I know its just sore, just not sure how I […]

I had a good run today for the most part because I know I had some concerns about finishing the distance based on how I ran this week. I felt strong before, during and after, but hit a little snag in the whole thing. Before I headed out at 7am this morning, I checked the […]

Its finally Friday, and a day off as I prepare to get back to the LONG runs on the weekends. Its expected to be cooler and possibly rainy tomorrow for my 20-21 miler, so we’ll keep an eye on the forecast and dress accordingly… The VIA Lehigh Valley Marathon is just 36 days away now […]

I got out this morning for my 12 miler, although I found it to be a little rough towards the end. The last 3-4 miles seemed to have taken forever although I did post a good time of 1 hour and 41 minutes .. (just over an 8:30/mile). I may have gone out too fast, […]