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Category: Training

  • Sunday Long Run

    Casual Sunday Long Runs Just about every week, my running club organizes a Sunday Long Run. These are highly organized in the period leading up to The Boston Marathon. The SLRs start-up again in the late summer to help people prepare for their fall marathons such as the Bay State Marathon and New York Marathon.…

  • Why wasn’t my race as fast as I expected?

    Why wasn’t my race as fast as I expected? Factors that affect your running performance Every now and then, our fun run time or our running time trial is disappointingly not what we expected. There are many factors that affect your running performance on any given day. Check out this article from Healthy Balance Fitness.

  • Fool in the Rain

    Last night I went out for a run with my running club, in the rain. Probably not the smartest thing to do since I’m still fighting a cold. Just a Fool in the Rain I ran 3.1 miles in the treadmill yesterday because I was not sure that I was going to go and run…

  • Active.com Intermediate 5K Program

    Week 2 Active.com Intermediate 5K program My total miles were 16.1 this week, which is not great. I planned to run 7 miles yesterday but I left all of my cold weather gear in the dryer at home. I tried to run in a singlet and a nylon vest, running shorts, running hat and cotton…

  • Active Advantage Intermediate 5K Program

    Recently I signed up with the Active Advantage program from Active.com. I wanted to review the program, let you know what it’s all about and if it is worth the money. Here is my first look at one of their training programs. Active Advantage offers free access to training programs I’ve been running for about…

  • Fun Facts from Garmin, New Year’s Committments

    I was poking around on the Garmin connect website a few days ago and found some cool stuff on the “Analyze” tab. On the drop down menu there is a “reports” tab. You can look at your numbers for the past 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, this week etc. They also let you look…

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