I've had a bumpy road the last couple of months, with shingles, bad toe blister and then a bad cold.  Also, had been triathlon training.  My 2 summer tri's are done, and although I have another coming up Oct 3, my training focus now will be on the Chicago Marathon, which is 10-10(-10).  Will definitely

I raced in the olympic distance New Jersey State Triathlon on Sunday, which is held in Mercer County Park, in the south central part of the state, not too far from Princeton.  It is the largest triathlon in New Jersey, and is very well run.  They have a sprint on Sat and the olympic on

It started with a tingling feeling in my back, exploded into a very uncomfortable rash, and then slowly got better after a few weeks.  The 'it' was Shingles, and wow it was rough.  Shingles is a re-emergence of chicken pox, caused by stress.  You can only get shingles if you have already had chicken pox,

(2 months late, but better late than never.  The reality is that I was not happy with how I did and was simply not excited to write about the race.  The first section was written in the 2 weeks following the race) Time - 4:46:29 Place - 696/948 Age Group - 152/192 Well, this is

I'm sure I've driven most of you away with the lack of updates on my blog.  I think my less than stellar showing at the Rhode Races marathon put me into a bit of a blog depression that I've been unable to get out of, probably due to the extremely hot and humid weather we've

The last post on my blog was my April month in review.  Life has seriously gotten in the way, and in addition, I've had 2 sub-par races (Rhode Races Marathon, Brooklyn Half Marathon), which I have had a very hard time writing the race reports for.  Maybe I'll get back into it and finish them

Running – Another record setting month! 107.9 miles over 16 runs!  Highest monthly total ever, and 7 of 8 straight months with 80+ miles.  At 375.5 miles for the year, I've already out run 4 entire years of my 11 years of detailed record keeping, only a third of the way into the year! Races

Just in my final preparations for Rhode Races Marathon in Providence on Sunday.  Two things about the race course so far that I love: Even though the marathon and half marathon are run at the same time, on the same day, and have the same start and finish lines, the courses completely diverge at 2.5

Rhode Races Marathon is coming up in less than 2 short weeks, and I'm feeling really ready.  I've had mostly great runs, and have put in more miles before this race than any marathon prior.  I overdid it in the last 2 weeks and then had a bad run on Saturday, but with a day