Its been a few days since i’ve had time to update the blog, due mostly to being busy. The confirmation letters for the marathon are posted and in the mail, i’m starting to get excited. I had a problem with motivation this past weekend, and even earlier in the week until, odd enough, I felt […]

I’m happy to report that i’ve returned from Swanzey, NH and running the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half Marathon (SCBHM). As I thought, it rained, thankfully not for the whole time though, but enough to make it a mess to run in. My initial thought was that there were going to be downpours, and really, it […]

Well, it seems that it will be nothing but rain on this Labor Day weekend upcoming. Worst part is to have to travel to New Hampshire to run a half-marathon in the rain, run it in the rain, and come home in the rain …. its going to be a long weekend. I guess it […]

Since it appears that the upcoming Swanzey Covered Bridge Half-Marathon is going to be visited by ‘Ernesto’, I figured I would start putting together some thoughts on how to run in the rain. I am just searching around at this point and will put everything I find here. Overall, since its in early September, most […]

I greatly enjoyed the time off yesterday from running, I only rode the bike for 20 minutes and lifted weights. My legs are tired, so the recovery week came at the right time, the only problem is that its RAINING outside today, so looks like a treadmill day for me. My big concern though is […]

Wow, I did it, I completed by first 20+ miler and 30+ miles for the weekend. I somehow thought I couldn’t do it, but the feeling of satisfaction I got when I was in the last quarter mile of todays run was unbelievable. I actually did it! My Saturday route of 20 miles got messed […]

I’ve been slowly gearing myself up for the first 20-miler this weekend, its actually been a real great week of running. I’ve had no significant pain anywhere (outside regular aches and pains), and although my back was a little sore from sleeping the other night, I feel good. these shorter distances are starting to feel […]

After my easy day yesterday, I’m quite fired up to get back on the road again (surprising, eh?). I only rode the bike for 20 minutes and did some leg weights yesterday, I really wanted to take it easy. I feel pretty good today. As usual, my pain this week seems to be my back […]

RANT TIME! First off, I have to comment on the spammers out there who are continually spamming my blog. Its becoming annoying to have to keep removing comments from it. I hope they all die a painful death! OK RANT OVER! I completed my longest mileage week ever, and my longest run ever at 19 […]

I’ve got my most difficult weekend coming up (although its incremental, next weekend will be even worse), but i’m one step away from the max miles I’ll run. I have a 19-miler scheduled for tomorrow, I have my course laid out, it shouldn’t be too bad and should provide me some scenic, yet different, territory […]