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I've been continuing to step up my treadmill training.  I'm still focusing on running less and running faster, with the running faster meaning training at interval pace for half mile intervals on the treadmill.  The treadmill is helping to ensure I keep pace accurately, and the softer surface is helpful as I start to build [...]

It feels good to be back running again, though I'd be much happier if I was running out in the parks and on the roads.  For now, I'm focusing on interval workouts on the treadmill, with the idea being that the treadmill can precisely dictate the pace. For the first two weeks, I ran four [...]

My last treadmill run was all the way last Thursday (today being the following Tuesday).  After 3 treadmill workouts in the prior week, I wanted my legs to be nice and rested for my personal trainer session Monday morning.  Between the yardwork I did on Sunday, and a set of varying physical activities on Monday, my [...]

I'm really getting the itch to run another marathon.  My last one, Georgia's Marathon, was all the way back in March, and it was wholly unsatisfying, as the hills and heat made the race really tough, and it turned out to be my 'modern day' worst marathon, at 5:12.  My only worse showings were my [...]

I'm now in the recovery phase from the injury issues I've had in the last months.  In my buildup back to running, my trainer is trying to convince me to 'run less run faster'.  The starting point for me has been half mile repeats at my tempo pace, which for now we are targeting as [...]

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Hi there!  After a luckluster year so far filled with injuries, I've taken the last couple of months off, and am now starting to work back into running shape.  I consider myself to (yet again) be back in the saddle after injury, hoping that this time I'll figure out how to stay healthy.  Seems like [...]

Running – 99.5 miles over 16 runs.  January was a stellar running month for me, as it usually is...  Both the number of runs (16) and number of miles (99.5) were my highest since Dec 2010 and therefore beat all the months of 2011!  I started speed training again and did 4 speed workouts.  The [...]

Been awhile since I wrote a genuine race report.  Was absolutely necessary this time, because it turned out that I TIED MY 10K PR, which had been set 4/1/2007. PR's are really great, and should be savored.  They are just not easy to come by.  My running career is 18 years, and I've run dozens [...]