I found for some reason I am considerably sore this morning after doing 5 miles (1 mile up from my norm on mondays) … my right hip especially seems to be sore. Regardless, I think the back pain that held up my 20-miler on Saturday has subsided, since I was able to run a little […]

I was severely depressed yesterday in missing my 20 miler that I looked forward to, but I know I did the right thing by skipping it. When you have reservations while getting ready and getting there … then feel pain in the first few strides … don’t continue. It was worth beating myself up all […]

I’ve reported the last couple days that my lower back has been bothering me, and it has caused me to cancel/postpone the long run today (20+ miler). I was all geered up to go, even made it to the course, when I realized after starting to run that I was feeling some pain while running. […]

Things really got cool and damp here in the northeast … I know, I complain if its cold, if its real hot, if its rainy, theres just no making me happy I guess! My lower back has become sore in the last 24 hours, not sure why, I am hoping that it is because of […]

I really rocked this morning doing my 6-miler in the dark and in the humidity …. I started slow again like I did on Tuesday, but really kicked it up as I turned the corner and hit the hill on center street. It might be something to do with the fact i’m listening to music […]

I was welcomed this morning with a torrential downpour and thunderstorm about a half an hour before I was supposed to get up and do my 10 miler today. I really wasn’t sure if I was going to get it in or not, but thankfully the rain and the storm passed on. I did encounter […]

First I want to write that my continuing ‘battle of the bulge’ (my weight) is going well, I weighed in at 193.8 this morning, a full pound down from last week, which still eating healthy and plenty enough to excel in training. Regardless, I wanted to speak a little bit about the step-back week during […]

So in my current training cycle for Steamtown and the Harrisburg marathon this fall, i’ve found that I need to find a way to not dehydrate myself on my long run. Fortunately I was smart today and had plenty of water, and prepare before and after for the 10 miler. I found that I completed […]

As I wrote last night I was excited about my long run this weekend, I felt so good all week I felt I was ready for it, however the weather seemed to do it to my again. I was totally dehydrated by mile 18, and as they say, I hit the wall. I struggled through […]

Its hard to believe its the eve of the first 20 miler of this training season … I have a bunch of them scheduled, and after doing 19 miles two out of the last 3 weeks, I don’t see 20 being an issue, which is really the goal here. I don’t intend to do a […]