running

Snapped a picture of my bloody sock before I threw it away after my rough run on Monday morning.  Definitely wanted this in the archives!   Blister is still pretty raw, hoping for improvement by Friday, when I'm supposed to do my long run...

First off, this article really spoke to me, as I know I'm carrying around at least 5 pounds of excess fat these days.  I won't know for sure until I get home from my vacation and can weigh in, but I feel fat.  I'm sure it caused the shin splints that ruined my run yesterday. [...]

Arrived in Florida last night.  After 3 days cooped up in the car with 3 other sick people, and 4 days (since Christmas Eve) of eating like a pig, I was looking forward to the warm, sunny weather, and getting in a nice warm weather run.  I've probably gained 5 pounds of fat with all [...]

1st leg of our trip to Florida is done.  Spending the night in Fredericksburgh, VA.  Haven't hit the warm weather yet, but expect to by tomorrow night in South Carolina. While out and about before and after our Christmas party today, saw a few people running, and I was very jealous! Woke up with a [...]

Hope everyone has a great Christmas, Chanukah, New Year, time off from work, etc. I'm taking a family road trip down to Florida for the week. Leaving tomorrow late, after our Christmas party, and should be back on Jan 1 or Jan 2. Looking forward to getting at least 2 warm weather runs in - [...]

Decided to just skip the Ted Corbitt 15k this morning. With the nasty weather, they ended up changing it to a fun run. Also, I already have my 9 races for Marathon eligibility, so there was really no need to run. With the slippery conditions, I could not have gotten the quality run I was [...]

Countdown to Austin Marathon - 59 days! This is a very busy week, so little time to run.  No running Tuesday or Wednesday.  With a really bad forecast on Friday, I decided to get a late night run in tonight.  Went out at 10:30, and did the 5.2 mile 2 loop tour of Stuyvesant Town, [...]

Made it out at around 10pm tonight for a 5.2 mile recovery run, twice around Stuyvesant Town in the service roads.  It was a balmy 61 degrees, with light rain.  This was actually my third straight day of running, which for me is very unusual.  I built some handy dandy Excel formulas, and see that [...]

I was a little unhappy that I cut yesterday's planned 10.3 mile run down to 6.5 miles, so decided to go out again today.  Conditions were perfect for a hard 4 mile run in East River Park.  Temps in the low 40's, little wind, and time to run in the middle of the day (daylight!). [...]