Well I checked the status of my entry for the New York City marathon, and I was not accepted. Guess we’ll try again next year. I’m a little sad, but I know I can look for another marathon in the late October/November time frame to round out the season. here is the actual email they […]

I’m two days into this weeks training and doing well so far. It was great to get out yesterday morning and get a few miles in, just to stretch things out. Today, I decided to do my speed run down to Luzerne and back via the Back Mountain Trail. I always forget how bad this […]

I happily made it through week one of training for Steamtown, no major issues to report. The weather is slowly getting better and its getting lighter earlier, which makes it easier to get up and get out in the morning. Only 17 weeks to go! It was interesting that I went and looked back to […]

Gosh I really picked a challenging course to run on today … my 15-miler features a really hilly course (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1029802), I ran this as part of my 20 miler last summer, and it was brutal then, and still is. I think though that it was a great workout, so i really won’t complain that much, […]

I feel bad that I haven’t written a good post all week. Things at work have been absolutely crazy, along with the consulting i’m doing, its been keeping me busy I guess. I haven’t gotten away from training, nor from eating well, nor from tracking my workouts and meals …… I’m making sure I don’t […]

Although I was tired today, I managed to get myself up and going early today and get my 5-miler in. It was a nice morning and the body feels pretty good overall, my lower back was a little sore last night, it worried me, and it is a little sore now too, but nothing I […]

Gosh, that period between training cycles really goes quick. Here I am on the eve of starting yet another training cycle which will consume my entire summer, take me to Steamtown again in October, and then finally to either the NYC marathon on Nov 4th, or another fall marathon, depending on if I get selected […]

I had a decent showing at my last local race for a few weeks today in the West Pittston Anthracite run today. Its a fairly flat 4-mile loop, and although we started at 9am, it felt like it was 1pm in the beginning of August with the heat. I thought that the Memorial Day run […]

Well I earned my day off tomorrow by wrapping up the week of running with a real nice run this morning. These mornings must be the best there are because the sun is coming up, its peaceful, the birds are chirping, and there is nothing to bother me. I love getting my workout done first […]

I know that i’m falling into a trap making a mistake here by not taking it easier in the pre-training days. I guess its just that I feel good, and feel motivated to run, but I’m worried that 4-5 weeks from now, i’ll be really beat up by not taking the time to rest now. […]