First off, let me just say I have even more respect than before for those of you who have raced marathons (or really any races) on two consecutive days! State #12 : New Hampshire I already wrote my report of the Warner Fall Foliage Festival this weekend, but here are some pictures from the race….
Category: 50 states
Goals? What goals?
It’s been a while since I visited my goals for the year. I’m beginning to think about next year, so I thought I’d check in and see how I’m doing this year. 1) Run at least three half marathons, with the eventual goal of a sub-2 hour half. All done, with two of them at…
State #5 – running in hell
At the hotel before the race Today dawned warm and humid in Wisconsin and just kept getting more so. Dad and I walked over to the race start at about 7:30 am. Neither of us had gotten a great night’s sleep and we’d been up for a while. With the heat and the sun, it…
40 oz and some 50 state musings
No, it wasn’t one of those 40 oz beers you can buy at a gas station. Last night we went out to one of our favorite “good beer and kid friendly” places – Rock Bottom Brewery. A long time ago we joined their Mug Club (last night was my 20th visit LOL) and when…
Why do I blog about running (and beer)
Today’s topic over at the Runner’s Lounge is “running and blogging”. I am approaching my one year anniversary of blogging. I’ve already finished the original goal I had when I started this blog – running the Marine Corps Marathon. As you might guess from my name, I didn’t really think about where I would go from…
State #4, 5K PR, and a bonus
While we were on vacation, my dad and I ran in a local 5K so that we could count Florida as done. It was quite warm and we planned to take it easy with a 9 minute pace to start, working our way down to an 8:30 pace. We had no plans to PR, just…
It’s all about the tempo
Today’s topic over at the Runners’ Lounge is speed. I’m not speedy, comparatively speaking, but I’ve been working hard at increasing my speed this winter and have been pretty successful. Last year when I was training for the marathon, I didn’t do any speedwork at all and found that I’d slowed down quite…
February in Review
So far, having goals, rather than resolutions seems to be working for me… 1) Run at least three half marathons, with the eventual goal of a sub-2 hour half. I have my first half of the year in less than two weeks. It’s the Citizens Bank Caesar Rodney Half Marathon-2009 in Wilmington, DE. I took…