Well, just because i’m not writing in the blog here, doesn’t mean I’m not making the effort … it kind of feels like last year, except that I haven’t fallen into a slump. I woke up yesterday with a pretty good sore throat, basically my body telling me its had enough and i need to […]

So i’ve kicked it back up a notch and headed full force back into training … After missing 2 straight long runs, first due to my surgery, then second due to a strained hamstring, I got out for just 11 miles yesterday and am really sore today. I plan to get back out for another […]

So I’ve pretty much recovered from my sinus surgery and have kicked it up a notch with the training, getting 16 miles in this week already with another 4 (or a spin class) expected tomorrow. I hope to hit a longer distance on the weekend again (on the upwards of 10 miles if possible). Not […]

I wrote the other day about my struggles following my sinus surgery, and unfortunately skipped out on the Chilly Cheeks this morning … not because I was afraid or because it was too cold, but because I really don’t feel i’m ready to race at this point. I’m still recovering from the sinus surgery and […]

I haven’t written all week but have recovered about 85-90% from my surgery last Thursday. It felt great to get that packing pulled out of my sinuses, I guess it was like giving birth (ok, bad analogy) .. regardless, I was able to get back to running in the gym on Tuesday and was working […]

So since I can’t write about marathon training right now, because I can’t run due to my minor surgery, I thought I would share the experience of my surgery. I was diagnosed with whats called “unspecified acute sinusitis” after having both a CT scan and another xray two weeks later, my ENT noted that my […]

I’ve been without running now for day 3 since I had sinus surgery on Thursday, its been a rough few days and I may not recover as fast as I thought. It’ll depend what the doctor says on Sunday, because i’m really not supposed to do anything really strenuous for a few more days, so […]

I wrote earlier in the week that I had to get minor sinus surgery today, which went fine, i’m still here (obviously), however it put me out, and will probably put me out tomorrow at least as well. I can’t breath through my nose and I have to wait for the drainage to stop before […]

So generally I consider January to be a month on the treadmill, but so far this month it has been pretty good. I got outside all weekend, plus yesterday and today with the morning temperatures being up in the 40’s (or so they say). I found out that yesterday it was colder than they said, […]

So my commitment to running has returned, I got in just under 12 miles yesterday on the road, and then 6 miles worth of trail running today. I can say that my legs are really toasted. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t done more than 10 miles on over 2 months … WOW, time flies! […]