Week 2 Recap
Second week of marathon training in the books, just 39 miles but definitely a different arrangement of miles than what I’ve been doing. Plus it came on top of a difficult week. Last… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: August, 2015
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Monumental announces smart course changes
Today, the race directors for Monumental Marathon announced some tweaks to the course. Having shared my thoughts on how the course could go from, as we say in education, good to great, I… Continue reading
Running starts with sounds, not steps
I’m going to run, he says —I know. Running starts with sounds, not steps. Drawer. Drawer. Velcro. Shoe. Shoe. Keys. Door. Beep! (Written after listening to my husband get ready to go for… Continue reading
Week 1 recap
Huzzah — week 1 is in the books and I did not mess up anything. With only four runs, I didn’t have many excuses. Tuesday I ran trails at Tom Sawyer Park — it… Continue reading
Runners love spreadsheets
I don’t know many distance runners in particular who don’t like spreadsheets and/or data. I am definitely one of them. I will put nearly anything into a spreadsheet, and running data is no… Continue reading
Chasing Boston (part 4 – injured)
Originally posted on Not another Brooklyn blog:
The grotesquely swollen ankle pictured here is not a running injury. It’s a blogging injury. How prescient was I when I identified blogging, birds and booze as…
Monumental Marathon, week 1
Well, I’ve paid my money so it’s time to put up or shut up. I am registered for what will hopefully be my tenth marathon at Monumental in November. I say hopefully because… Continue reading
Heady heads to race #3 of Ultrarunning Grand Slam
For some, running the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run would be a life accomplishment — a very big check on that bucket list. But for Cynthia Heady, this year’s WS100 was just the… Continue reading
Knabel shows no signs of slowing down
For master’s runners, the reality is that you’ll reach a day where you will only get slower. That is, unless you’re my friend and Team New Balance Louisville teammate Shannon Knabel. Shannon was… Continue reading