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  • Snowy Long Run

    Snowy Long Run

    It’s April in Massachusetts, and still it snows! We have had some normal spring weather and a day or two in the 70’s. Most of us thought we were done with Jack Frost. Snowy Long Run This week we began our taper and the Sunday Long Run dropped down to 14.8 miles. I planned to…

  • Big Long Run

    Big Long Run

    This Saturday was the longest of the long runs before Boston. We had a convoy of cars take us out to Hopkinton for the 21.5 mile run to Boston College. Big Long Run We have spent the past twelve weeks building up to this run. Prior to this run, our longest had been 20 miles.…

  • March for Homes Continues

    March for Homes Continues

    Boston Marathon Training Continues It has been three weeks since my February Wrap Up post. It has been an extremely busy three weeks, but I have managed to get a few miles of training in. Taxes are not due until April 15th, but I had to get mine done early so that I could complete…

  • February Wrap Up

    February Wrap Up

    In my last post I went over my mileage and training for February. For tracking purposes February ended on Saturday for me. But on the calendar February is still rolling along. Last week I ran a grueling 14.6 mile long run. It was just awful in so many ways. Looking ahead to this week’s 18.1…

  • February Running 2016

    February Running 2016

    Other than syncing my watch to Garmin Connect, I haven’t been keeping track of my running miles. Now that I have a deadline to be in marathon shape, it’s time to pay attention. February Running In January I ran 63.22 miles. One week I only ran 6.23 miles and two weeks I ran more than…

  • Running for Home

    Running for Home

    Up until last weekend I was just running for the fun of it, to keep in shape and hang out with my friends. No pressure. Running for Home This week I began my brief training to run the 2016 Boston Marathon and support FamilyAid Boston. This Sunday we did 16.4 miles with plenty of hills.…