I wrote on Thursday about my struggles on Wednesday, well things got interesting again today during my 19 miler. The run went well, but I swear that soda machine owners in the back mountain here need to do a little better …. i’ll elaborate a bit. Generally on my long runs I take my fuel […]

Its been 2 days since I last wrote, and its been an interesting ride for the most part. Yesterday was a struggle, for whatever reason, but its an interesting story and taught me to PLAN better for my mid-week longer run … here’s how it went. So I had 10 miles scheduled, which takes about […]

I was able to get some rest and had a good run this morning (6+ miler), so things are going well for the most part. The soreness I had in my upper calves seems to have gone away as well … I did feel my right foot last evening and felt a little pain in […]

Early in the afternoon yesterday, I noticed that my calf muscles are totally wiped … my right calf, just below my knee, was real sore (not painful sore as in injury), but real sore. I rubbed it a bit and have been taking it easy, I really think I overdid something this weekend … I […]

I mentioned the other day about the tough weekend I had upcoming, with my long runs and then visiting the Philly zoo. I can say that I survived, however I am quite tired. Thank heavens this is the last week before a stepback week (and vacation!) The whole weekend of running (and probably the week […]

I think back to weeks before the Pocono Marathon (run for the red) on how i always had to make sure that I earned my day off each week. Well, I can say that i earned it. My legs on Thursday were like jelly, although I did get in just over 4.5 miles at a […]

I have to say I kicked some major butt in Bernies Memorial today, despite the fact I’ve been real sore up until now. I’m liable to be real sore tomorrow … however I came in 80th place with an official time of 20:19 … you heard it, 20:19. Thats over a minute faster than last […]

This week has thrown me for a loop a bit since I really had no rest from my long miles this weekend. Since I have the Bernies Memorial race on Wednesday (tomorrow, July 4th), I had to modify my training to fit a 3-4 miler in on a Wednesday, so I decided to do my […]

I commented yesterday about the soreness is my back, it seems to have gone away for the most part, thankfully. I made up for yesterdays poor time (I keep harping on that) by completing 8 miles in 1:05, which is about an 8 minute mile, not too shabby. According to the way I have my […]

After doing some recovery Thursday and Friday, I headed out early this morning (well not too early) for a double lap around Harveys Lake. I wasn’t thrilled with my time, although I was taking it kind of easy. I did it in 2:27, which is a little slower than 9 min mile, and i guess […]