I have to admit, it’s much more fun writing a positive race report, rather than all the depressing ones I’ve written in the past. I was beginning to sound like a Damien Rice cd.
Overall I am satisfied with the half, not really happy, not really upset, just satisfied. I went into the race in the middle of marathon training and was hoping to be around 1:28.
What I’m really excited about is that I think I have put all …

I really wasn’t planning on running 170 miles the last two weeks, but I did. Last week was a really tough one, the mileage wasn’t that bad, but there was loads of quality mixed in. Tuesday and Saturday’s workouts were both 12+ miles and the high bridge was on Saturday. I came through it in one piece, but the 16 miler on Sunday wasn’t the best run I’ve ever had.
Now on to a cut-back week for Philly. The plan …

So after running the Des Moines Marathon (race report) I decided to take a couple down weeks to make sure I didn’t get hurt again. Well that sort of happened.
I did pretty well not doing too much the week after the marathon. Last week was a bit of a different story. I did a marathon paced workout on Tuesday, followed by a hard, hilly eight miles on Wednesday, and a 5k race on Saturday. I definitely felt the effects …

After months of struggling with injury, a hot, humid summer, and lack of motivation…I think I’m finally back at it.
I ran just over 120 miles during the month of July and around 215 the months of August and September. Besides not really feeling like I wanted to run, I was incredibly busy during September. I had major plans every weekend which really put a damper on the whole training. In fact, I didn’t run over 11 miles between June …

Well I figured it was about time to get back into this. I had decided to take a break from posting anything while I was looking for a job. Well since I finally got a job (actually it wasn’t that hard, just had to really start looking), I guess I can post again. Exciting I know.
I had written a couple posts but just didn’t publish them. One was about all the great running partners that I’ve had, but …