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I asked my amazing friend, Evan, to write about his experience from his VERY FIRST half marathon last Sunday. Below is what he came up with. I know you will find it inspiring! Enjoy! “An Optimistic Pessimist’s First Half Marathon” Yes, I am a walking oxymoron. The funniest, happiest, “glass is half empty” fellow you’ll …
Re-posting one of my most popular posts for my friends training for fall races in TX (or any state on the face of the sun) this summer! Some of it’s a little dated now, but I needed a reminder of what NOT to do now that’s it’s summer and I’m training for YET ANOTHER race …
It’s so strange to me. Four years ago, I had NO IDEA who was running what in the Olympics. I didn’t know the difference between a 100M a 400M or a marathon. I didn’t understand what pacers were, had no idea why people would wear those strange knee socks (fashion choice??) and certainly couldn’t have …
I realize that you might think this one will be all about tempo runs, speed training, hill repeats, and the awesome in the TX heat long runs . . . . but you’d be wrong. I want to talk about something else far more important. The kinds of runs I have and the ones I …
So it occurs to me that the whole point of this, The Chicago Marathon, is only 12 weeks away. Are you kidding? Wow. I also took another look at my training plan and it still concerns me that it only has me going up to 16 miles but it’s a tried and true program developed …