I somehow completed the 7 day cycle I started last week after feeling burnt out and I really need a day off. I’m pretty beaten at this point, here is my list of issues (gosh, its only week 4 too) … 1) middle back is sore, I think I pulled a muscle the other day […]

I was expecting to be a little more sore yesterday when I woke up and headed out on my 3 mile recovery run (the norm now for Monday mornings). I actually didn’t feel too bad after setting a new PR for a half on Sunday, and felt even better this morning. Most of the pains […]

I have to admit that i was a little skeptical of the Fairfield Half Marathon race when I showed up at 6:30am and found NOBODY where I thought the start was. My family and I drove around for 10 minutes thinking I was in the wrong place until finally somebody showed up to get us […]

So I did some reading on the fairfield half, and found that its a pretty big race, much larger than I thought. It should be exciting! We’re talking that this probably bigger than Lehigh Valley (or so they say). We’ll see though. It was nice to break up my schedule a bit this week by […]

I have hit my first low in training, as one can expect from my posts so far this week, in that I feel burnt out. I think the constant getting up early is catching up with me as I feel terrible, and no run feels good. I am breaking the monotony a little by taking […]

Its official now that I have registered for the Harrisburg marathon on November 11th. I still have yet to make hotel reservations, but I intend to stay at the host hotel, since its within walking distance to the start line (definitely a good thing). I was forced to install an air conditioner in my window […]

I woke up this morning with some serious soreness in my left groin area … not an injury, just really sore. I think this is a combination of tough workouts this weekend, and a little home improvement mixed in. I recall from years back (when i did home improvement) that my groin muscles would get […]

So I’ve completed the second week of training for Steamtown, I think things are pretty good so far. The Fairfield Half Marathon in Connecticut is this weekend, so its actually a stepback week for me. I got up to 43 miles this week, which is pretty good since i’m only in week two, but next […]

I’m enjoying my day off from training today … I was able to sleep in a bit (if you call 5:20 sleeping in). The body feels pretty good and is slowly healing up from the 6 days of abuse, but there is more to come. The Fairfield half marathon is next weekend, so this upcoming […]

So as I recover from the fact I won’t be attending NYC this year, the task of trying to find a second fall marathon, approx 3-6 weeks out from Steamtown is on! I thought about doing the doing the Philadelphia marathon, but I read some of the reviews on Marathon Guide and didn’t get a […]