Are you still running?
Not only am I terrible with names but I’m not much better with faces. I need to meet someone a couple of times before my brain stores their information, their […]
It’s not a hill, it’s an opportunity
One summer, several years ago, a group of us met after work for an early evening run. My friend, Steve, led the way; we obediently followed. I don’t recall our exact route but […]
The cupboard’s almost bare
Of all the household duties that need my attention the three I like least are emptying the dishwasher (I don’t mind loading it), taking out the trash and grocery shopping. […]
Keep Calm and Run a Marathon
Maybe it was knowing this was my last marathon (I said that when I ran #12, this makes #15 but I mean it this time). Maybe it was knowing my […]
26.2 miles because 26.3 is just crazy!
I’m just back from running the NJ Marathon. I finished, something I wasn’t sure I would do. The best part of the day was the DQ Blizzard on our way […]
Taking full advantage of the taper
I’m coming up on the final week before the marathon. My long run last weekend was twelve miles, this weekend will be eight. There have been four and five mile […]
Like money in the bank
Besides the longer miles I’ve been logging on the weekends I’ve been running shorter distances most days during the week. I’m following a training plan, loosely, trying to stick to […]
There’s a reason it’s called Motrin PM
My cell phone’s alarm jolted me awake Sunday morning at 5:30 am. For a second I forgot why I had set it to go off so early but quickly remembered I was meeting […]
Doubt
Saturday morning, 6:30 am, 11 degrees, snow and ice in patches on roadsides and sidewalks, four of us out for a run. Since we were planning on 17 miles and they […]
Training update or my reacquaintance with a treadmill
I’ve hit a few snags while training for the NJ marathon at the end of April, one major snag really. Snow. I don’t mind running in sub-zero temperatures, wear layers […]
where my feet are 