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…
Category: half marathons
The long run that wasn’t
You know your run isn’t going to go well when you are already counting tenths of a mile by the time you hit a mile and a half. I set out in gorgeous weather this morning for a planned 13 mile run. I was going to take it nice and slow at a 10 minutes/mile…
Grumble Grumble
My favorite race of the year is a local 10K. I can walk to it, it’s a reasonable distance, it’s a challenging course, and it’s easy for Beer Geek and the boys to see me at the finish line. Win, win all around. I just got an email today that advertised this year’s race. Same…
Just once
Today’s topic for “Take it and Run Thursday” over at the Runner’s Lounge is the Marathon. I’ve only run one marathon and the plan was to do it “just once”. That was my mantra the whole time I was training for the marathon. Every time I needed to squeeze in a run instead of doing…
Wee little run and a quick little post
Today I just did a 3 mile recovery run. I discovered I’m not very good at taking it easy. Thankfully, my legs are a bit sore, so that (c0mbined with lots of stoplights) slowed me down to about a 9:30 minute mile. I also did a lower body workout, complete with assistance from Jones and…
Zooma Half Marathon Race Report (Half Marathon#1)
The short story: I finished with a time of about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Not the time I was hoping for, but a respectable time nonetheless. The course was hilly and boring and the weather was warm and humid. I’m just happy it’s over. The long story: On Saturday, we drove to Delaware and…