I finished up the bulk of week 16 of training for the Steamtown marathon, I did my 28 miles, and will match that with approx 30 miles this weekend. I intend to try to get 18-20 miles on Saturday morning before I have to teach, which I think is attainable … and then get 12 […]

So it was a terribly long on Monday in that I decided to change employment once again and get out of the hell-hole that I work in right now. Its nothing personal, but hey, I think I have a better opportunity elsewhere, so I took a change (plus got a decent raise, and more). Regardless, […]

I just finished filling out my training log for the week, and can you believe that I did 62 miles this week? Unbelievable! More importantly though, is that it was probably one of the best running weeks I’ve had for many, many weeks (if not for this entire cycle). I can admit that there were […]

Its been a fairly decent running week so far, and I should enjoy it while I can because I head into my difficult running time this weekend …. I squeezed in my 6 miler yesterday before I traveled to Berwyn, PA for an Oracle Workshop, good stuff. It left me tired though, and was the […]

I had another great run this morning during my 12 miler, although it was probably the first cooler morning i’ve come across this year. The air temperature wasn’t too bad, but there was a pretty good breeze the entire time, and once I got sweaty, it got a little cold, but not too bad. I […]

I had a good run this morning, I really found myself getting into the ‘zone’ without even trying. I was kind of running on air for the most part, and I think it marks a milestone that my body is getting close to being ready for Steamtown. I have a long, long mid-week run of […]

I survived my killer weekend somehow, it was brutal, but I did it. I got up at before 5 on Saturday morning to run my 14 mile ‘long’ run for the stepback week, and did it in pretty good time, although it was terribly hot. I said to myself that its good thing that I […]

I haven’t had much time to write in the blog this week, seems just as I thought, once September hit, things would get busy for me again. Work is a little busy right now, along with a ton of personal commitments, and then teaching starting this weekend! Its nuts! I’ve managed to get in my […]

I was extremely tired this morning as I headed out for my mid-week 8 miler (on a stepback week). I think that race on Monday really wore me out, because my legs are real sore, especially the top of my left leg (in the front) … you know, the place that always cramps up on […]

So I start off my stepback week with a couple of great things …. first, i weighed in at 191 pounds this morning, meaning I shaved off almost another pound this past week. I was really concerned that I wasn’t eating the best this past week and that it would affect my weight, but I […]