So I have been taking a little easier this week as I prepare for two hard-core weeks of fall training for the Harrisburg marathon in November. I haven’t been faithful in writing in the blog here, mostly because I have been quite busy, but I haven’t forgotten about running. I did take Monday off, and […]

I didn’t make a large post the night of the race, but here is the update! I did complete the marathon, at just over 3:55, missed my PR of 3:54 from May. The thing that upsets me is that I only missed it by less than a minute, but its easy for me to sit […]

So 18 weeks ago I started the journey to running my 4th marathon, and its all come down to tonight. In just 12 hours I’ll be sitting at Forest City High School waiting for the race to start … I’ve had 2 rest days in a row, along with a 3 miler this morning, which […]

So I received the final email from the race committee last night advising us about the weather and the fact that the we need to stay hydrated during the race. The race-start temperature is expected to be around 60, with highs around 80 by early afternoon, so it will be a struggle. I’m not sure […]

So as I expected, i’ve been busier than ever with the new job. I don’t even have time to report on anything right now until I get a good schedule down on when to do what. I know what this is all about when I changed jobs in the spring, so it’ll take a few […]

Its been a few days since i’ve written, and i’ve made much progress as I continue into my taper for the Steamtown Marathon next week. I completed the final ‘higher mileage’ taper week and now this week will cut the miles back significantly to rest up for the race. I also start my new job […]

I was fortunate enough to get another 7 miler in this morning as my hip/back seems to be feeling slightly better. I didn’t feel any pain while running although it did start to tighten up towards the end. Since then its felt pretty good although i’m not going to jinx myself by saying its totally […]

I wrote on Monday about how tired I was, and although I did manage to catch up on my sleep by ‘skipping’ my run on Tuesday and sleeping in (along with going to bed early, I slept from 8pm until 6am, felt good), I somehow flared up my left hip somehow on Tuesday morning, which […]

I was able to get up decently this morning and proudly weighed in at 189.2 (.2 down from last week) … i’m surprised that I am still losing weight despite the fact I have been eating like a pig. It concerns me a little, that along with the fact that I feel absolutely depleted today […]

I was considerably satisfied with my performance over the weekend, even with having to teach. I managed to get my 18 miler in very early on Saturday, and then come back and punch out 12 more miles on Sunday morning .. compared to where I was last year at this time, i’m feeling confident for […]