Category: Training
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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…
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Long Run Wisdom
During our Sunday Long Run season, we get weekly words of wisdom from Jim. Jim has been organizing our Sunday Long Runs for 10 years and does a great job. He creates the routes, organizes the volunteers and makes sure we have enough supplies for the water stops. Today I am posting Jim’s words of…
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Magical Mystic Valley Run
Our Sunday Long Run was 20 miles this week This type of distance is sometimes referred to as an LSD run: Long Slow Distance. The idea is to go out and run slower than marathon pace with the goal of getting your body used to running for 3-4 hours. There was nothing mystical about Sunday’s…
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Running Weekend March 2014
It’s going to be a running weekend. Today I have the Smuttynose Palooza 5K in Salisbury. The weather looks pretty good. Temps in the 40’s with a mild breeze. I’ll probably wear shorts. You know it’s the dead of winter when anything above 32F feels, pretty good. I know that I have fully adjusted to the…
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Tuesday Night Club Run
Club Run It has now been two days since my 18.84 mile SLR. I think the Tumeric – Elixir of Life, SuperJuice*, has been helping with marathon training recovery. I have not run more than a half marathon since October. Two weeks ago I ran a Half and Sunday I went up to 18.84 miles.…
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Sunday Long Run 03-02-2014
Sunday Long Run Gang While hanging out after our Sunday Long Run, a friend told me about this drink with turmeric in it. Tumeric is a great anti-inflammatory, and is all natural. I had been planning on taking another fish oil when I got home instead of ibuprofen. I figured why not give tumeric a try?…