11 Weeks to Boston – The Middle

You can always find something to like about the beginning of something new.  Sure there can be some nervousness, some trepidation, maybe even a little bit of fear mixed in there somewhere.  But for the most part, that can all be channelled back into the endeavor in the form of energy and excitement. Reaching the [...]

Race Report – The Texas Half

Dawn, Landry and I made the drive up to our friends house in Frisco, TX on Friday evening. For those of you out there who have had the pleasure of traveling Interstate Highway 35 (that is what the IH stands for if you were ever curious), I’m sure you can imagine the relaxing trip up [...]

Forecast for the Texas Half Marathon – Brrrrr.

You gotta love race day. You train, you rest, you eat right, hydrate and get mentally ready to lay it all out there.  Then with a simple click of the mouse on the weather report, your race day hopes for a fast time can vanish as quickly as a north Texas wind gusting at more [...]

Taming those race day “Jitters”

You can find a lot of articles out there that give you advice on how to “conquer” your race day jitters, but I am starting to think that if you are really “racing” an event – race day jitters are just part of the deal. Since January of 2010 I’ve toed the line at 2 ultra [...]

Happy Birthday Pre

Steve Prefontaine would be 61 years old today. On my run this morning I thought a lot about Pre.  Over the past few years I’ve met Bill Rogers, Bart Yasso, Joan Benoit Samuelson … would I have ever met Pre?  If I did what would he think of the sport today?  What would he think [...]

It’s Race Week – The Texas Half

Here we are – the first of three half-marathon races on the road to the Boston Marathon in April. Much like I did last year participating in the Austin Distance Challenge leading up to the Austin Marathon or in my ramp up to the New York City Marathon in November, I will be racing half-marathons [...]

Product Review – Vibewired™ Music Transport System

I run with music. A lot. Last year not counting races, where I typically leave my iPod Nano on the shelf, I ran for 256 hours, 59 minutes and 52 seconds.  Essentially 10 and ¾ days I spent doing nothing but running. Along for the ride was my 6th generation iPod Nano which I truly [...]

Running Doubles

Back in December one week before our official start to the 18-week Boston Marathon Training Cycle, I ran my first day of “doubles”.  A six-mile run in the morning at moderate pace, followed by an up-tempo 8.3 mile run roughly 11 hours later. This was one month post-NYC Marathon, after I was able to recover [...]

Boston Training Week #6 – Unicorns and Rainbows

At the end of this week we will be 1/3 of the way to the starting line of the 116th Boston Marathon. Sometimes I forget just what an amazingly exciting prospect that is.  How hard I worked to get their the first time back in 2010 and how much harder I worked to get there [...]

Post 400 – No Longer Afraid of the Numbers

Today’s post marks #400 here on the blog. That’s a lot of writing I suppose, but it seems like there is always something else to say.  So as long as you keep reading, I’ll keep writing. On Saturday Landry and I watched the Olympic Marathon Trials on television.  As I watched Meb Keflezighi, Ryan Hall and [...]