I AM A MARATHONER. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be able to say that I ran a marathon. I am part of 1% of the population. If you put your mind to it, you can do anything. Crazy! Here’s the best I can do with a recap. For those of you […]
Boy, what a whirlwind couple of weeks it has been. We were chugging along, doing our crazy busy thing, and then Harry got sick basically for the first time ever having something more than a cold. He was terribly sick with what I can only imagine was the stomach flu, so we were stuck at […]
On Sunday, my gym held a Punch-A-Thon for Harry’s Heroes, and I had such a great time! I have been a member at CKO Jackson for almost two years now, and have acquired a family from there. Many of you may remember that this gym came at a pivotal moment for me. I joined just […]
Running and I have been fighting a little lately. I’ve had a lot of success, followed by a wall where everything comes to a screeching halt. A couple of weeks ago I set out for 18 and at 9 I had to lay down. My ankle gave up and my back was killing me. Solution: […]
My team mate and friend Ali suggested we all sign up for this half marathon in the beginning of September. She said it would be fun and perfectly timed in our training. I signed up, and then all the way up to the marathon I cursed her, but it actually was a great time and […]
At this point in my training, most of my long runs will be my longest distance run. Prior to this week, my longest run had been my half marathon in March. Facing 15 miles this week was scary even when I first glanced at the schedule months ago. Add in my recent long run failures, […]
Friends, I am seriously overdue for a set of good runs. I can’t explain to you just how bad everything in that department has been going. First, it started with a large hematoma on my left shin, which is finally feeling a little better. Next, I broke my right pinky toe. Nothing major, just another […]
Marathon training is well underway. In fact, we are about halfway there. Many of us are really in the swing of things, with our long runs now over the half marathon (13 mile) length. Guys, it’s getting serious. We are mentally and physically breaking down, only to hope to be rebuilt. It. Is. Tough. Yesterday […]
Doing a mud run during marathon training wasn’t the brightest idea I’ve ever had, but this run is a good one. I’ve participated in it many times since its start in New Jersey. The Rugged Maniac has improved over the years, as have I. The first year I did it with my good friends who […]
Yesterday I did a 5 mile race, the day before was 3, and the day before that was my ten miler. I’ve been doing well with running at least 5 days a week and working on mostly short speed runs, with one LSD (long slow distance) per week. I changed my plan from my half […]
