I started off my day today with a good 20.25 miler .. yep, a GOOD long run. Its been awhile since I can say i’ve had a good long run, its taken a lot of work to get here. I classify it is as a GOOD long run because: 1. It wasn’t freezing cold out […]

So far this week has been pretty decent for training, the weather hasn’t been terribly bad despite what they had forecast. Tuesday was supposed to be snow in the morning, but it never showed up (which i’m not upset about). It was unfortunate though because i didn’t have to do my 12 miler on Monday […]

I was surfing around my favorite Jersey Shore sites and found this recent picture from along the course of the Ocean Drive marathon showing the boardwalk covered in snow .. its kind of symbolic for the way the winter has gone so far for our region and with my training .. I also found a […]

I remember more now the two reason why I started keeping a blog like this. First, I enjoy sharing the experiences of what an average ‘not-even-close-to-being-elite’ guy goes through when training for a marathon in the hopes that it motivates someone (even just one person out there) to make that commitment to challenge themselves to […]

I usually don’t write this early in the day, or on a Wednesday for that matter, but there isn’t much else to do during a major snowstorm except sit and write in the ole’ blog … we’re at 15 inches of snow already and its still coming down. Its been a tough week for training […]

I was disappointed this morning when I got up for my 20 miler, and realized that it really did snow outside. The friendly weather folk continued to say it was coming, it was coming, and by the time I went to bed last night, it hadn’t started yet. Somehow I was holding out hope that […]

Just a quick update tonight, I needed to share that just one day after the famous Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, I was welcomed with about 3 inches of snow as I headed out for 12 miles before work this morning (note that I almost got hit by several snow plows since I was out […]

The weekend has been pretty brutal weather-wise, forcing me to cut my 20-miler back yesterday to just 17 miles instead. I just about had hypothermia by the time I was done yesterday .. my body and mind was telling me I had enough of the cold (I was getting hazy-minded). That didn’t stop me from […]

I figured that instead of writing about running 17 miles in the freezing cold this morning (which is getting old by now), i’d repost one of my favorite lists that those of you that run can relate to. If you’re a runner, you’ll understand just about every one of them… You Know Your A Runner […]

Its funny how January weather changes so quickly … just 4 days ago (Monday), I made a conscious effort to run in SHORTS, just because I knew I could due to the temperature being 57 degrees. Now, i’m preparing for probably the coldest run i’ve had all season, with a forecasted temperature of 10 degrees, […]