Monday March 1st and we are now just 7 weeks away from the Boston Marathon. When I think back to where we were 9 weeks ago at the start of this training cycle for the first of two marathons, it is pretty incredible to see how far we’ve traveled. Back on December 28th I was finishing up [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The elite field for the 114th running of the Boston Marathon on April 19th was announced on Wednesday. Defending champs Deriba Merga and Salina Kosgei return as well as prior Boston winners Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Catherina Ndereba (Catherine the Great), Dire Tune and Lidia Grigoryeva. The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has also put together a top field of Americans, including [...]
As the alarm clock sounded at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday I could hear a lot of “noise” outside. Wind blowing, rain falling and a quick 4-mile run on the schedule. Tuesday’s are days where we get to push the pace a bit and “run fast” – so I knew I wouldn’t be out in the elements [...]
Two months. Not a lot of time. When I crossed off this past Sunday’s 17-mile training run from the schedule I took a peek at what was ahead. I actually try not to do that too often when I am training for a race because a lot of things can happen – many of them [...]
Monday morning marks only 8 weeks to go before race day in Hopkinton, MA – April 19, 2010. Back in December when training resumed after struggling with my shin injury it seemed like I had all the time in the world to prepare for the first of my two marathons. Waking up this morning to [...]
Everyone has heard of the Freshman-15 right? You remember, you go away to school, start subsiding on cheap pizza and even cheaper beer. You sleep in late, sometimes all day and by the time you make it home for Winter vacation – Wala! you are 15 lbs. heavier. Since everything is bigger in Texas we have something here [...]
I wanted to thank everyone over the past few weeks who have visited the blog and asked such thoughtful questions about my training plan for this year’s RFD “double”. Training for two marathons just 13 days apart has definitely required me to take a long look at my preparation. I have incorporated new workouts, increased [...]
Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make you smile. A baby discovering that they can in fact fit their entire foot in their mouth, the Hot Now sign on outside of a Krispy Kreme or the way your dog greets you at the door after a long day of work like you [...]
Monday morning there will be just 9 training weeks remaining to the first leg of the Run for Dom “double” – the Boston Marathon. The list on the “Magic Fridge” this morning called for a 16-mile long run. For Marathoners the “long-run” is a key part of the training schedule. I’ve said many times in the [...]
I think my refrigerator has magic powers. I’m not kidding. There is something magical about my refrigerator – specifically the door on the left where I have posted my training schedule since I began running marathons in 2006. Once the schedule is stuck to that refrigerator door it is no longer just a sheet of [...]
