Background If you've been following my blog then you know that I have been really packing on the miles. Beginning last July, I started...

In the past, I have written about my "peak week" while training for the Hartford marathon, and then for the Rock 'N Roll Arizo...

When it comes to running and pacing, I've always been "anti-Garmin". There were three main reasons why I never had any interes...

As you may have guessed from my previous blog, I ultimately decided against running the "Last Chance for Boston" Marathon. I wasn...

After having such a miserable experience at the Rock 'N Roll Arizona marathon, I kept saying to others and myself that I learned nothing...

After many sleepless nights and after giving it much thought, I finally have a "Plan B". I figured that at the very least, I would...

To train for my 3:51 marathon: - Seven weeks of consistent training - Average 40 miles per week - Peak mileage was 48 To train for yest...

Calm, patient, relaxed, centered. . . these are words that really need to describe me at the moment but totally do not. I am totally on edge...

2008 was a good year for me running-wise, with the exception of a knee injury in the Spring and a 5-week long illness in the fall. Since I s...

I ran the inaugural Fairfax Four Miler last night (New Year's Eve) in the midst of a high wind advisory. When I got the flyer in my mail...

I don't know what it is about the 10K. I have never run one that I was satisfied with. Except for maybe my first 10K, and I was happy ju...

Lately, I have been second-guessing my BQ attempt. Training is going flawlessly, but I am not seeing the gains in speed that I had hoped for...