With just a few days to go, am I ready to run 26.2 miles? I’m thinking so. I’ve basically followed a training schedule where all but one of a whole bunch of runners was able to finish a marathon. I actually already have finished a marathon (although I struggled horribly through most of it). And […]
So close, but yet so far. I’m within a week of the marathon but it’s not quite here. I’m tapering. I’m trying to keep up intensity and keep my eye on this run, but I’m also really wanting to figure out what’s next. This will be quite the event. I’m hoping that this is a […]
So while I have lost weight since the Livestrong Challenge in Philadelphia, I’m convinced it’s not from running. Why? I’m incredibly hungry all the time and before I do a run, I absolutely have to eat. While I’ve not been a calorie counter–and I’ve had a lot of success losing weight without counting calories–I’ve been […]
I’m done with my training–well, essentially done–for the marathon. Needless to say, I still hate running, but I have to acknowledge it’s put me in the best shape of my life. I’m still considering what my next goals will be. I’m itching to get back on the bike; I’ve signed up for the 2011 Great […]
I finished up my nineteen mile long run on Sunday, filled with heat and dousing myself with water. It was not fast–but I didn’t expect it to be–and it was long. And I didn’t have enough in me to finish nineteen miles. But I did it–fifteen plus miles worth. The next two weeks leading up […]
Ready or not, the marathon is coming. I was woefully unprepared for my first marathon, no question about that. That was 2008, when I injured my knee at about mile seven and limped over nineteen miles to the finish. In between the start and finish I was passed by not only those older than me […]
This past Thanksgiving on Thursday was also the annual Turkey Trot at home, a race I’ve never run. It’s not a traditional one in a few senses. First off, the winner of the Turkey Trot isn’t the fastest runner, but instead is the one who is closest to the time they estimate they’ll finish at. […]
I’m confused. I actually was one week ahead in my training program and since I really did not want to do more than one nineteen mile run I took last week easy and did a hike of a few hours rather than a full on long run. Went back for an easy eight miler Saturday […]
I went all out on my five mile run on Monday, as hard as I could, and ended up with a pace of 10:30 per mile which could have been a little quicker had I not needed to use the bathroom: Compare that to, for instance, my pace in the Ford Island Bridge 10K in […]
…and I’m back. Kind of. My aunt has moved in with us, possibly permanently. It’s already been more than a month. That has compressed my time more than I’d like, but my marathon training is largely on target. I’m amazed at how five mile runs are so much easier than I could imagine, and quicker. […]