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So, the Manhattan Half is on Saturday, and it is going to be a cold one!  I'm a little sad I'm not running this year, as it brings back fond memories of the cold 2009 edition.  If you want to get a sense of what to expect, read my report from that race! Back update [...]

I've been feeling great lately from an injury point of view, and was just thinking about how I have not had any back problems in awhile.   I think it was Joe that was recently complaining about his own back issues on Twitter, and I completely identified with that as I have had lots of [...]

One more thing about the First Light Marathon.  I successfully employed a running mantra! On the trip out, I read the Feb '11 issue of Runners World.  Superb issue, by the way.  Enjoyed it cover to cover, including all of the features.  One of the articles was on using running mantras to get through running [...]

I know I owe you guys a race report for the First Light Marathon, which was 8 days ago!  The funny thing is that I find very little motivation to write a report after the race is over.  For me, I'm more interested in posting about the effort that went into *preparing* for the race! [...]

First Light Marathon is a mere 4.5 days away, and I'm getting excited about the trip out there.  Came across this very informative and entertaining article in the Press-Register. Informative - Mobile is the host of this week's GoDaddy.com bowl game.  Now I have some interest to perhaps watch! Entertaining - A crowd of 40,000 [...]

I'm not much into resolutions for New Years.  There are some things that I'd like to do before the year is out, but I'd rather call them goals or plans! First off, my biggest plan for the year is to race Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains on 10/2!  I'm very scared!  But also excited.  A half [...]

Where do I begin?  It is so hard to succinctly summarize all that happened in the past year, and not make it so long that people stop reading before they get to April!  While certainly not brief, I summarized as much as possible.  I completely understand if you don't make it to the end :) [...]

Running – 102.4 miles over 17 runs.  My 4th 100 mile month of the year!  I focused entirely on running this month, in preparation for my next marathon on 1/9.  I had one long run and even one rare treadmill run.  Also had two speed workouts.  The 17 runs in the month was my high [...]

Been awhile since I've posted an update of my training here.  With only 11 days remaining until the First Light Marathon, I've peaked my training and am now into my taper.  Highlights since I last gave a training update: Week before last - I felt like I had been nursing sore calves and so worked hard [...]