Last week was a total bust as far as my half marathon training goes. I know that the inaugural Asheville Half Marathon at Biltmore Estate will be fine. I pushed out 8 miles today so I know that I will be able to run a half in a month. Most of my movement of late… Continue reading Movement
I cannot believe that the first month of 2014 has already gone flying past. I do not know where the month went. My sights for the year are set high and the only bar I am moving closer to with great strides seems to be reading. I ran no races in the month of January.… Continue reading A Month Gone By
The new year has started off great as far as training is going. I am preparing for the inaugural running of the Asheville Half Marathon at Biltmore Estates in March and, after a good look at elevations, I think this half could end up being a PR for me. I am aiming to slowly knock… Continue reading This and That, Training-wise
Who doesn’t love a new slate? A blank page? Okay, people who have a block for writing may not like a blank page but truthfully, there is nothing but possibility in newness. In starting over. In starting again. A new day. A new week. A new year. Of course, those new beginnings are made so… Continue reading Hey there, New Year!
All photos are from various races or training routes I ran this year. I had several 2013 running goals. Many of them I reached or even exceeded but a few I lapsed on or didn’t come near at all. One of my big goals was to do a short – somewhere between a quarter and… Continue reading Running 2013
Another post that is going to have a bit of this and that in it, I think. November is gone and it was a tough month for goals being reached. Ran race 13 (Richmond Marathon) and race 14 (Pete Keyes 5 Miler Turkey Trot) this month so have reached my goal of 13 in 2013.… Continue reading November in the Rear View Mirror
Not sure where you live but Winter Storm Boreas – if you follow weather, you may have noticed last winter The Weather Channel began naming winter storms – is giving upstate NY an early taste of winter. How early you may ask? Well, we have had snow earlier than this but not the bitter cold… Continue reading Winter Has Arrived
This post is going to be a little bit of this and that, including a winner for my #runBlueRidge contest. I took out all the chit chat in the comments of my giveaway and counted up the comments. I then put the number in a random number generator and got number 13 as the winner.… Continue reading Monday Coffee
Grab a warm beverage. I truly recommend cocoa or herbal tea today as it is cold, January type of cold, here in Upstate NY. This will probably be long. I took a Greyhound bus, actually two, to Richmond so was without a car. At first, I didn’t think that was going to be a problem… Continue reading Richmond Marathon – Recapping Race Day
Grab a warm beverage, especially if you live near me in the northeast, as this recap will be long. I have spent the last week trying to figure how/why the wheels came off last Saturday in Richmond. Last year, the week after the Richmond Marathon had taken place, I told my sister that I would… Continue reading Richmond Marathon – Race Recap Friday Expo
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