Its been two days since the Harrisburg marathon, and due to traveling to the west coast, I haven’t had time to write… I had a great race at Harrisburg, finishing the marathon in 3:48 (chiptime) … I missed my goal time of 3:45 by just a bit, but overall am satisfied with how I did […]

Well as expected I haven’t written all week, just another crazy week in paradise I guess. I did complete my taper except for the 3 miler i’m going to head out on in about an hour or so just to keep the legs fresh. I’ve been working on carb-loading and hydrating and will continue that […]

I felt a little sadness come over me as I completed my last real ‘long’ run for awhile as I head into the taper for the Harrisburg marathon next week. I intended to get 14 miles in, but ended up cutting it short at 13.25 due to both time constraints and the urge to ‘change […]

Its been another chaotic week as I head into the final taper week for the Harrisburg marathon. I didn’t have the opportunity to write, or even update anything related to running as timely as I would have liked to. I guess i’m still just trying to adjust to the new job and new schedule and […]

I wrote yesterday about how I was going to run the trail run at Francis Slocum today, and I just decided to blow it off. I got up this morning and was quite sore in my hips again and also I thought about how tired I would be running at 1pm (instead of 6am like […]

It was actually sad today to think that the marathon training for 2007 is coming to a close. I wrapped up my final 20-mile training run today, in the rain again, and thought about the next time I would have to get through one. So I mentioned that it rained, so both my long runs […]

I thankfully have gotten over the issues I had on the weekend with my hips … it was funny how it played out that on Monday morning, I had actual bruises from my hip across the front of my body. They weren’t bad bruises, but it was definitely darker then anywhere else, and it was […]

I wrote anxiously yesterday about the upcoming 20 miler I had planned, much to my surprise I made the course absolutely FULL OF HILLS. It was funny that I said to my son that I chose a course that wouldn’t be that bad after some of the courses I put together in the summertime. Well […]

For anybody that follows my blog, be assured that I have not forgotten about it. Things are just terribly busy right now, and i’m not quite sure when I can fit in typing in the blog. I can’t write at work, and by the time I get home at night, I have things to do […]

Its funny how quickly the weather changes … just 6 days ago I was complaining about how HOT it was during the Steamtown marathon, and then this morning, I get out for a 14 miler, and WOW, was it cold. It was 36 when I passed the bank, so I guess its a reminder that […]