Today is Saturday, and Saturday is the day I usually do my longest run of the week. Recently I have been rethinking my routine as I ponder what I want for my…
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Day 349: A Consistent Yet Relaxed Running Life
I continue to enjoy the mellowness of my running life: productive and consistent, yet relaxed. For about four-and-a-half months, I have held to a four-day running routine: two hour-long runs and one…
Day 193: Fifteen Years of Running
I have been running for fifteen years. As with any long term relationship, my relationship with running has evolved and changed. I thought it would be fun to break down the periods…
Day 152: Benefits of Not Running CIM This Weekend
Yesterday was my “D” Day. As in, I made my Decision NOT to run the California International Marathon on Sunday. I will have a “DNS” on my running record for “Did Not…
Day 136: Running in Crowds
Generally I have good associations with being in public races. I like the positive energy, the music, the support of friends and family videoing their loved ones as they run by, the…
Day 125: This Sunday I’m Running a Marathon for Training… Again
This Sunday will be the culminating training run of my marathon program. Officially, my training calendar calls for a 29 miler (!), which I was planning on doing until my 26 miler…
Day 102: I’m Running a Marathon on Saturday… For Training!
With three days until my 26-mile training run (these words are in italics because, well, it stills feels just a little crazy!), I can honestly say that I’ve got “marathon, marathon, marathon”…
Day 86: Four Hours of Running, Two Days of Eating!
Saturday’s 23 miler went well due to proper mental physical and mental preparation. Perhaps the biggest surprise for me is how much I ate, especially following the run for the rest of…
Day 14: Walk-Running My Way to Marathon #3
This morning at 6am, I stood outside our flat, donned in the same gear I wore on many a weekend morning last year: light moisture-wicking t-shirt, baseball cap, shorts, running socks and…
New-and-Improved, Pandemic-Era Running Regime (October Update)
Earlier this month I wrote about how I was running more often these days. That trend has continued. In fact, this month I ran 23 out of 31 days, something I have…