While my right foot has been hampering my running, not letting me run nearly as often or as far as I would like, I've finally fallen into a nice habit of going to the gym for a strength workout, as a form of cross-training.  My biggest problem is never knowing what to do at the

With a big race in the books from this past weekend, it seems as good a time as any to resume my blog! 2013 has mostly been a throw-away year of injuries and running disappointments.  As usual though, I'm committed to getting past all of that, getting healthy again, and training for serious distance races.

Back on Dec 24, after a good 5 mile run, I started to experience a bad pain in my foot.  It hadn't been 100% leading up to then, but I kept running on it, as I was trying to build up from my sciatica in the summer and prepare for a March marathon.  I was

As you may have noticed, I'm trying to post to my blog more, with a focus on the challenges I've been facing with injury and nutrition, with hope that it will keep me on the straight and narrow path to weight loss. On the one hand, this past week was sad in the sense that the

I've been fond of saying the last couple of years that once I turned 40, my body has had a hard time recovering from my injuries.  The last 2 years has literally been one minor injury after another, with my mileage in those years each being the lowest since 2007.  As a result, this year

Yesterday I wrote about my current and latest new beginning.  While I've had my fair share of injuries over the years, the series of issues I've had over the last 2 years simply won't go away on their own.  As I'm getting older (now 40+), my body just isn't responding and healing the way it

Today marked a new beginning of sorts.  While it could hardly be considered a 'real' run, I was able to mix several 1 minute run intervals in my 30 minute treadmill walk.   I generally ran 1 minute and walked 4 minutes, and repeated that for 30 minutes, covering just over 2 miles.  It was notable

Today is the Chicago Marathon, and it brings back great memories from my running of the race, which was on 10-10-10. First, was the amazing time I had visiting Chicago with my family for the weekend.  Even though two years have passed, and other family vacations have been taken, I still clearly remember the boat

Been awhile since I posted one of these, but hopefully am back in the habit: Running – 23.5 miles over 9 runs.  While the monthly total is quite low for me, and reflective of most of my year to date, I'm very happy that my training is on the upswing.  While my runs have all