As I am doing my first race today, last night was just a quick easy two miles. The problem is the QUICK part. I ran it one mile an hour faster than I normally go running. Today, my two miles…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Rest Days…errr.. Cross Training.
Good Morning! I have been thinking about rest days. As runners, we hate them and often skip them if we can. I posted on Facebook once that I had run two days, and that I felt guilty taking a rest day.…
Posted in running
First “race” of the year.
This thursday, I am running in the YMCA Corporate Challenge at Broome Community College. I will be running in the relay (3 legs, 1 mile each) and the 5k. When I first came up with the idea of the agency I…
Posted in running
3 miles with some small hills.
As my last post discussed, I have been looking at how to run hills. Going up them hasn’t been a problem, as that doesn’t change too much between minimalist shoes and traditional running shoes. But downhill… Well, that’s been a whole new…
Tagged with: down hill running, downhill running, FiveFingers, running downhill in vibram fivefingers, running in binghamton
Posted in Hill Running, running, vibram five fingers
Posted in Hill Running, running, vibram five fingers
Downers (Now I am referring to hills)
About a month ago, I pulled my left calf muscle while doing a long hill run. I hit the top of the mile or so long hill, looked around to enjoy the scenery and headed back down. As I started…
Tagged with: downhill running, running, Vibram Five Fingers, vibram fivefingers
Posted in Hill Running, running, running shoes, vibram five fingers
Posted in Hill Running, running, running shoes, vibram five fingers
Downers. (I’m not referring to hills)
So, I had a real bummer of a day the other day. The sort that sets a trend for the next few and there is nothing you can do about it. The memory of the day replays in my head…
Posted in running
Re-learning running in my late 30s.
Note: I am excited! Yesterday I had the second most page views ever for my blog! The only time I topped it was back in march – when I let people know I had a blog, and everyone checked it…
Happy Feet! or “I love my Vibrams!”
So, Last night’s run was a nice mile run with my son. I am very proud of him – he can do 1 mile (in 2 legs of .5 miles each with a side stretch in the middle) in 13:42! …
Tagged with: running, VFF, Vibram Five Fingers
Posted in recovery, running, running shoes, vibram five fingers
Posted in recovery, running, running shoes, vibram five fingers
First five mile run, post calf-strain
So I headed out on a slow run to see how my calf held up. I decided to run in my Asics rather than the VFFs, with a goal of stressing my calf out as little as possible. I did run with…
2013 Was an amazing year, for me, So I am really looking forward to 2014!
Once and Future Runner 