Saturday I will be running 23 miles. This will be the longest training run I’ve ever done (!). I’m stoked. (Side note: Shout out to my buddy Eric, who is running the…
Category: Running & Health
Day 78: My Life is Expanding and I am Loving It
Today my wife and I took what was perhaps the most relaxed trip out of town in the last 2 1/2 years. It was a simple trip to my brother’s house to…
Day 65: Close to Normal
Today is Monday, two days after running my first 20-miler of the year. The run went great, and so did managing the rest of my life so I could focus on the…
Day 64: My Evolving Relationship with 20 Milers
Yesterday I ran my seventh 20 miler :). Each time I run one, it seems I learn more about how to effectively manage the process. I did my first 20 miler in…
Day 63: I (still) love executing well-organized plans
(Photo by Charr Crail, aka Wifey, from today’s “Happy Hubby Chef Services” home-cooked meal) A few years ago I wrote about how I love executing well-organized plans. Nothing’s changed. The last few…
Day 51: Making the Shift from Speed to Endurance
My marathon journey has required me to shift from focusing on speed to focusing on endurance, which, as my running coach Jeff Galloway says, is what the marathon is primarily about. For…
Day 50: Sunday Chill-Day after a Long Run
It is 10:30am on a Sunday morning, and I am sitting up in bed writing in my journal. On my dresser to the left are an empty bowl with a spoon and…
Day 47: The Marathon, Demystified (Or “I’m Learning How to Learn”)
As a teacher, I regularly watch others as they literally learn how to learn. When it comes to playing piano, people generally start out with preconceived, often-incorrect notions of what learning piano…
Day 43: Improving My Marathon/Life Balance (Update #1)
So far, balancing marathon training this time with the rest of life is going well. I wrote a few weeks ago that one of the reasons I chose the Galloway program is…
Day 40: I Love Feeling Good After a Run!
This morning’s run begins rather dubiously but ends just as triumphantly. I wake up still groggy after being very tired yesterday, which I attribute to the lingering effects of my fifteen-miler last…