2016 Fairfax Four Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Saturday night capped two weeks of training for the 2017 Eugene Marathon. I ran about 60 miles during the week. I did my interval
Continue reading
Tag: wind
2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 2
I front-loaded the workouts this week so I could run long on Friday and race on Saturday night. I ran well but I was tired by the end of the week. Ran in some rain and wind. I didn’t have
Continue reading
December 2016 Training – Week 2
Nasty weather this week! Cold and windy, and then lots of ice on my long run today. It gave me an excuse to only run three days this week. On the bright side, chiropractic therapy seems to be helping my
Continue reading
December 2016 Training – Week 1
It was a great pre-training week! I’m running very well right now. I’m attributing it to the chiropractic treatment because I’m running mostly pain-free these days. But, winter arrived yesterday with sub-freezing temperatures and strong winds. Training Schedule December 4th
Continue reading
November 2016 Training – Week 4
I ran every day this week! Mostly easy miles but I introduced a little speed work and hill sprinting to wake up the legs. Physically, my hip felt a little better. But today, I wondered if I caught a cold…
Continue reading
November 2016 Training – Week 3
I returned to running regularly this week! It was hard fitting some of my runs in since I’ve started seeing a chiropractor on some mornings. It’s only been two weeks since I ran the New York City Marathon, so I’m
Continue reading
2016 New York City Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for an abridged version. Prologue The New York City Marathon is my favorite marathon! This would be my fourth consecutive running. I started training for the race back in
Continue reading
2016 Army Ten Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue The Army Ten Miler is the second largest 10 miler in the United States. This was my 8th time running the race (including 2005).
Continue reading
2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 16
It feels great to be tapering! I ran well at the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on Sunday and then started my taper after Monday’s long run. Or, did I? My training load was still pretty high. At the end of
Continue reading
2016 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Going into the race, I was in the final weeks of training for the 2016 Boston Marathon. I ran the 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll
Continue reading