Last week’s training and Columbus Marathon Goals

I have been somewhat hesitant to write about my goals.  My guess is that if I put it out there on the internet and then fail to make these goals, maybe I'll feel embarrassed??  That doesn't feel quite right though because I don't feel that I can say that I've failed just by not meeting …

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Training log, week of September 19-25

I really enjoy reading the training logs of others.  It's a bit like eavesdropping on someone's personal conversation and I like being able to compare and contrast other's training against my own.  I also feel like it can enhance my own training and gives me ideas for new workouts that I can use later. Right …

Marathon Training, Week?????

When it comes to training for races, I have taken a very low key approach in the last year.  In the first 5 or so years of my running life, I always utilized training plans that specified the number of miles to run on each day and at what pace.  Paces were broken down into …

Ramblings from a Crappy Long Run

So after last weeks successful 17 miles on the road (my first road run in months), I felt confident approaching this weeks 18 miler.  I found out that I would have Thursday off of work (not enough patients=time off) so I decided to run long rather then waiting until Saturday in which I was going …

Running by feel

I've read a ton of blogs about running without a watch, just going by feel and letting whatever happens, happen.  I have never been the type to get bogged down by my data or technology but I enjoy having some quick info to get an idea of general pace and distance.  I've always had my …