I am at the Tuesday of week 7 of my 18 week training plan for the Anthem Richmond Marathon in mid-November. My question is have you ever felt a training plan was out of whack for you. This is the second training cycle in a row that has me questioning if I picked the right… Continue reading Training Plans – Flexible or Not
While I live in NYS and schools do not start back until after Labor Day, friends across the country are sending their children back to school which means summer is slowing coming to a close. This past weekend I spent time inside and out as I did house things I have been working on over… Continue reading Ending Summer
Last Thursday evening I ran my first 5K of the year. I am not a huge 5K fan. I do not like running miles prior to a race and 3.1 miles just seems too short to get going. I like mid-distances best but because of what this particular race stands for, I run it if… Continue reading Women’s Distance Festival 5K – Race Recap
I know. You are thinking you would rather watch the grass grow – which mine has been doing in leaps and bounds. Better yet, I’m talking men over 50 playing golf. Still with me. I’m really not going to talk a lot about golf but that is the initial reason to start writing. What I… Continue reading Golf
Again this summer, I headed to Madison County to DeRuyter for the Tromptown Half Marathon. This race is held in conjunction with the Tioghnioga Firemen’s Field Days and is a Thursday evening race. Start time for the half – there is also a 5K – is 5:45 pm. First, let me state that a 5:45… Continue reading Tromptown Run – Race Recap
Water is one thing we cannot live without. Add in the fact that you are an athlete, a cyclist, a runner and water is probably even more important to you. Considering the human body can be up to 60% water, my guess is we should not have all the questions that tend to pop up… Continue reading Water
When I was a school board member, I was rather mute on topics dealing with educational issues. I did not want people to think that my personal opinion in any way was that of the whole board or the board as a whole. Now that my term is over and I am back to being… Continue reading Common Core and Other Education Issues
I had two fairly lengthy blog posts about individually unique items all set to publish. One would be geared towards running and hydration, the other towards education in a way. Now I think you are going to get several small snippets of this and that, all of which may become full blown blog posts in… Continue reading This and That Tuesday
I am seriously thinking that each month goes by quicker as we get older. That can be the only explanation for how fast July went by. I need to start cracking down to get to some of my goals by the end of the year as these months are going by so quickly. Top that… Continue reading Monthly Goal Check-in
I keep thinking I want to do my long runs on trails. Then, I take a good look at where I run and think these are basically trails. Last week’s long run was supposed to be 14 miles. I got sick – trying a new energy gel which is part of what long runs are… Continue reading Long Runs
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