Category: Training
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I’m over trained?
I’m over trained? I feel like the laziest marathon runner in the world. Sure I do my long runs and put together plans that I never follow. I never run 50-100 miles per week. People who work at the marathon run those miles. I’m too lazy for that. How could I possibly be over trained? Last…
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Boston Running
Boston running over the past 30 days I pulled this map off of Garmin Connect. It shows all of the running activity of runners with a Garmin watch over the past 30 days in the Boston area. Like most activity maps, red highlights the greatest amount of activity. The orange and red trail on the south…
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Where did all the Sundays go?
As the Sunday Long Run season has progressed, my Sundays seem to have disappeared. For the past month all of our Sunday Long Runs have been over 16 miles. This means about three hours of running time on average. Then there is the time to get to the run, time spent hanging out after running…
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Tuesday night club run
Tuesday night club runs usually have a few new runners trying us out. This week I was paired up with a guy trying us out for the first time. Louis said he wanted to run 8:00 minute miles, which is a little faster than I normally run on Tuesday night. My legs still have not…
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Glucose and the Endurance athlete
Glucose and the Endurance Athlete Glucose is a simple sugar or monosaccharide that is an extremely important form of energy for your body. All other carbohydrates and forms of sugar must be broken down into glucose before your muscles and brain can use them. Muscles and other tissues can use fat and protein as an…
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March Madness
March Madness Marathon Training continues! For February I had 142.8 on my training schedule. I managed to get in 42.47 miles or just under 30% of my goal! My goal for March was 189.2 miles. This would have been a 4x increase over February. Tonight I adjusted my schedule for the rest of March. My legs are…