After four months of training, we are just a few days away from the Maine Coast Marathon. I drive to Maine tomorrow, I’ll run a couple of miles while cheering Katie during her 5k on Saturday, then it’s go time. Overall this has been a pretty smooth training cycle. Unlike the last time, I gotContinue reading “5/2/24: Three Days to Race Day”
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How It Took Running Across the Country to Turn Me Into a Runner (And Other Hyperboles)
This is an essay I wrote for the Central Vermont Runners newsletter. I thought I would share it here as well. Enjoy! I am not a runner. For fifty-one years I took comfort in that fact. I did not run, could not run, would not run. I had very little interest in running. I supposeContinue reading “How It Took Running Across the Country to Turn Me Into a Runner (And Other Hyperboles)”
4/22/21 Training Update: Right Back To It
By now I’m well into year three of being a Serious Runner, but I am still new enough that I put things into the perspective of my earlier experiences. I am analytical by nature, and I like to use past results to inform current strategies. Of course this is all centered around races, because otherwiseContinue reading “4/22/21 Training Update: Right Back To It”
2/4/21 Training Update: Feeling Lucky
Everybody knows that the December solstice, on the 21st, is the official first day of winter. There is also a concept, that I rather prefer, called “Meteorological Winter.” Meteorological Winter conforms to the calendar months, therefore runs from the beginning of December to the end of February. (The other seasons also have meteorological counterparts.) IContinue reading “2/4/21 Training Update: Feeling Lucky”
2020 Year in Review: January to March
As I was discussing last time, calendars aren’t “real,” but they are helpful. Time will move on regardless of what the denomination on the calendar looks like, and the calendar itself changes every four years, adding an extra day to tidy up the sloppiness. (As if we needed an extra day of 2020.) They areContinue reading “2020 Year in Review: January to March”
6/22/20 Training Update: Slowing it Down
Maybe I’ve said this before, but maybe not. I’m in this in-between phase of my running year when there are still no real races to run, so nothing to “train” for. Other than to be in shape, I guess. It’s different for me this year than last. After my broken leg put me on theContinue reading “6/22/20 Training Update: Slowing it Down”
6/11/20 Training Update: Mixing It Up
It’s been another week of enjoying the freedom of not “training” for anything. Other than one last CVR Social Distancing race, which turned into a bit of a disappointment, I have felt free to not put any pressure on myself. And it’s been great. CVR has cancelled all races through August, and has a newContinue reading “6/11/20 Training Update: Mixing It Up”
6/4/20 Training Update: It’s Good to Not Have Goals
When I started this blog six months ago (has it been that long?), it seemed like a good way for me to document what has gone into my new-found running journey. I wanted to chronicle the highlights of past races. And more so, I wanted to keep a log of my results and preparation forContinue reading “6/4/20 Training Update: It’s Good to Not Have Goals”
5/28/20 Training Update: Morning Run = Morning Fun
So this is going to be a post about fun. Or at least, a post about running making me feel good. My last post, the Vermont City Marathon Virtual Half Marathon recap, was not exactly filled with joy. I had followed a plan to have a great race, and didn’t have a great race. And,Continue reading “5/28/20 Training Update: Morning Run = Morning Fun”
5/21/20 Training Update: Trails?
The past couple of weeks have been in service of preparing for my half marathon run coming up in a couple of days. I ran a long run on the 11th, then dialed back the distance over the past couple of weeks, keeping everything under five miles, except for the virtual 10K I ran lastContinue reading “5/21/20 Training Update: Trails?”
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