I ran the last pre-race before the half-marathon today, what a great race. My goal was not to place or break any records of any kind (especially not to get injured), but it was a three-miler and I ran it in 20:56 (my watch) and came in 19th place overall (4th in my division). This […]

Here is a great bit of advice on carb-loading before the big day, i’ll probably follow this to some extent … How to carbo load: All through race training, 60 to 70 percent of your diet (3 to 4 grams per pound of body weight) should come from carbohydrates. Keep this up. The last three […]

I found some good advice from around the internet on different strategies during the taper phase … I followed them when I did the diamond run, and they seemed to work .. During the taper phase … DON’T: – run longer or harder than your schedule calls for. (less is better than more, I’ve already […]

Even though i am in the first week of tapering for the half-marathon in Allentown, I still gave myself a long run today equivalent to what i’ll race next week (13.1 miles). The part that sucked is that I had to run it on the treadmill due to downpours today. I got my first case […]

The past two days have been a struggle, it appears that the cold I had 3 weeks ago is trying to make another appearance. I’ve been sluggish and stuffed up the last two days, but it didn’t hinder my running. Thankfully i’m in taper mode now, so I can handle the illness, although I have […]

It was back to running today, although the start of the infamous taper period. I still ran 6.5 miles, at a decent tempo, but my overall miles this week drops from 48 miles last week to around 38 this week (plus I have a race on Sunday, a 3 miler). My knees are real sore […]