I am happy to state that I have survived the first 6 weeks of marathon training, although I am a little sore, I am still alive. Its been a challenge so far, i’ve fought a few minor injuries and aches and pains all over, but hopefully alot of that is behind me now. As I […]

I sit here right now and its raining again (sat. morning), and I need to get 6 miles in again (at marathon pace). Ack, this is aggravating. I’m going to wait and see if I can get outside at least for the hour I need to do the workout. I don’t mind running in the […]

I had to run my mid-week long run of 7 miles on the treadmill today, since its pouring rain outside at 5:30 this morning when I wanted to run. I have meetings all day today, so I had to move my workout. I’m getting sore and a little worn out, I feel its a good […]

I survived my long weekend of running, although I am in need of some rest. I did a great job on the WB Triathlon course on Saturday, the course is challenging, all of Mountain View road is basically that (a mountain), but its not as bad as the Diamond run was last year, so I […]

I decided that running a half-marathon a few weeks before the marathon itself is probably a good idea (although some forums i’ve read do disagree). I don’t think it can hurt because I really need to ensure that I am holding my pace. I decided to run the 2nd Annual Swanzey Covered Bridges Half Marathon […]

Found some of these throughout the running forums I visit … hopefully to help motivate! “If your going through hell… keep going” -Winston Churchill “Pain is temporary, Pride is forever.” -? “It’s only hard if you think it’s hard.” -Philadelphia Eagles player “Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit.” “What lies […]

I made it through the first tough weekend of the training, having to do a 6 mile pace run on Saturday and a 13 mile long run on Sunday. Hal’s training program mentions that I need to assess myself after the long run to see if i’m exhausted or not, so that I can tell […]

I’ve completed the first part of week 4 of training, things are going fairly well. I think my body is healing up from the early injuries I had (the hammy, the hip, etc). The new shoes are really making a difference and doing the ITBS stretches makes my knee and hip hurt less. I did […]

Its been awhile since I wrote in here, I had a decent weekend of running, I actually didn’t incur any pain anywhere, and both my runs (8.5 and 6 miles) went quite well. I purchased new shoes on Saturday (Asics Gel Nimbus) and they are awesome, very comfortable and cushioning … which is what I […]

I got my first run in here in Mississauga, Ontario Canada … I was a little disappointed that there is only one treadmill in the gym that is working, so I made the effort of getting there EARLY this morning to make sure it was mine (5:30am). I’ll have to do the same tomorrow I […]