Its finally time to taper again as the Flying Pig marathon is just 2 weeks away .. but I plan to be much smarter than I was when I tapered for The Ocean Drive marathon just a month back. I’m actually going to take it a little easier as I don’t think I cut back […]

I remember now the reason why I never ran short races during marathon training .. I forgot that my legs just can’t take the fast speeds of smaller races when i’m training for an endurance run like a marathon. I really burned my legs out by pushing my pace on Sunday (even at 3/4 speed) […]

I finished up a 4-mile race today in Emmaus that I normally wouldn’t attempt in between spring marathons .. and overall, it wasn’t too bad. In checking the results of the race, I came in 72 out of 328 with a 29:39 finish time .. I decided earlier this morning that I needed to cut […]

I wrap up the first week back to training tomorrow morning with the Emmaus 4-miler race .. I had actually forgotten about it until I tweeted this morning after my long run and was reminded. Hmmm .. 22 miles the day before a race? Well, I only plan to use the race tomorrow as an […]

I hadn’t even commented yesterday about the live drawing for the New York City marathon. I didn’t get in last year, hopefully we’ll get in this year, but we’ll have to wait and see. I’ve read race reports and maybe its just the hype that makes it exciting to try and get in .. I […]

Its been a busy, but restful couple of days … but its been a few days since I’ve had time to write anything. I spent the weekend in Groton, CT, where the weather was a bit cooler than it is here in southeastern Pennsylvania. That didn’t stop me from getting out to wrap up my […]

With the first marathon of the season down, its time to set my sights on the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati on May 2nd. I managed to get my training put together for the next few weeks as I continue to recover from the Ocean Drive marathon through the weekend. We’re traveling to Connecticut for […]

I’m not up to writing the full race report tonight, i’ll look to get it done tomorrow since I took the day off from work … The most I can say is that the Ocean Drive Marathon never lets me down as it was just as challenging as it was 3 years ago when I […]

Its strange not spending ALL my time running, which is one of the good things about tapering .. I can actually live a somewhat normal life (if you call it normal). The problem is, I still go to bed just as early and can’t seem to sleep past 5am .. I’ve just been trying use […]

The best thing about keeping a blog, and keeping a good training log is being able to go back and look at how far you’ve come. I took some time this morning, since i’m tapering and have NOTHING else to do right now, to go back and reflect on the highs and lows of my […]