Yearly Archives: 2012

Race Report – Chenango Forks XV 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

Last year, I had planned on doing the Forks 15k, but it was during one of my many pulled muscle incidents… (Oh, and I wasn’t anywhere near capable of running 15k at the time – but I’m not going to…

Tagged with: 15 k road race, Chenango Forks XV, Utica Boilermaker, Vibram Five Fingers
Posted in Race Report, running, vibram five fingers

Don’t let me get me, I’m my own worst enemy.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

It’s amazing how dead on P!nk was with that line. How many quotes have you seen that echo that? “Whether you say you can or you can’t, you’re right!” or what ever inspirational quote Runner’s World posts today on Facebook.…

Tagged with: Facebook, Merit Badges, p!nk
Posted in recovery

Holy Sore Muscles Batman! or Wholly Sore Muscles Bruce!

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Robinson — 2 Comments

Man am I sore today.. Legs.. Chest… Arms.. Wow… Let me explain. So last night was a pretty good work out. I started off with a one mile run on my dear friend the treadmill. I did it at my…

Tagged with: batman, Marathon Training, sore muscles, Strength training
Posted in Cross Training, Marine Corps Marathon, running

Practiced the last 5 miles of the Marathon

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

So, last night I went for a run. I know that is s uprising considering this is a running blog and all, but I felt it was worth mentioning. I was exhausted to the point that I felt it in…

Tagged with: boilermaker, Forks XV, halfmarathon, running, Strength training
Posted in running

End of last week and week end in review!

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

So this has been a wonderful weekend (yes, I know it’s now Tuesday.. I’ve been busy!!!) As I mentioned in my last posting – my brother-in-law was in town up until friday morning. Ignoring their very existence, I started thursday with a…

Milestones! 10,000 Views! A Visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Robinson — 3 Comments

I’m excited – at the time of writing this, I am ONE view away from having had a total of 10,000 page-views on this blog! Thank you to everyone that has stopped by more than once! (well, those that stopped…

7 Miles done! Off to the baseball hall of fame!

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

I decided yesterday to spend as much time as I could out in the WONDERFUL 75 degree weather. This of course meant a loooong slow run was in order. Before leaving I thought 7 miles sounded just about perfect. I…

Tagged with: baseball hall of fame, Injury Free Running, Mathew Nark, street run
Posted in running

Found plenty of excuses.

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

This weekend was packed. My 4 miler on saturday morning, followed by my son’s Oddessy of the Mind tournament, followed by my “Running Injury Free” Seminar. Then Brother in law #1 came over and hung out until late in the evening.…

Tagged with: Binghamton Madrigal Choir, excuses to not run, oddessy of the mind, Parlor City Boy's Chorus
Posted in excuses, running

Injury free Running seminar at Binghamton University

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

I find it difficult to believe that there are many runners out there that wouldn’t like to run “injury free.”. I especially think that any runner who pulled their calf muscle five times last year AND got shin splints that…

St. Patricks 4 mile race in Binghamton NY!

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

Yesterday, I did my first “St. Pat’s 4 miler!” This a staple for runners in this area – with it being the 11th running of the race. Let me start by saying that it was COLD. We were running in…

Tagged with: Binghamton New York, Personal Record, PR, Race Report, running, Running in the Cold, St Patricks 4 Mile
Posted in Race Report, running