So on the list for last night was a 6 mile run (although I have since checked,and I messed up – it was supposed to be a 7 mile run. OOPS!) I had done the speed work the night before,…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Speedwork reminds you how fast you can run.
Tagged with: Biggest Loser, first marathon, Marine Corps Marathon, Road running, running, Weight Loss
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, running, treadmill run
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, running, treadmill run
I Just realized I have been neglecting my speedwork!
Last night was a procrastinating night. I knew my rest-days were over, and I had a 3 mile run on the books. That’s it, only a 3 miler. Well I kept finding reasons to put it off. I spent some…
Tagged with: first marathon, Marine Corp Marathon, plantar fasciitis, running, speed work, Treadmill, Treadmill Speedwork
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Plantar Faciitis, running, treadmill run
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Plantar Faciitis, running, treadmill run
Diana Nyad.. An Inspiration.
I hope that you have heard of Diana Nyad by now. She should be on the Top of CNN.com, with an incredible article, but she isn’t. In fact, the only reason she is mentioned on the front page this morning,…
Tagged with: Box Jellyfish, Cuba, Diana Nyad, Key West, swim from cuba to florida, swim from cuba to key west, World Record
Posted in Inspiration
Posted in Inspiration
A Runner’s High and Elevation are two VERY different thing!
So this weekend, like all of my recent weekends (and upcoming until Oct. 27th) is my long run. My habit is to do my long runs on Sunday. I had a heck of a time mapping out a route, as…
Tagged with: Isaac Newton, long run, Long Slow Run, Marine Corp Marathon, plantar fasciitis, Road running
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Plantar Faciitis, running injury
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Plantar Faciitis, running injury
KT-astrophe! @kttape
So, anyone that has read my blog for any period of time knows how much I like my KT-Tape. As a side note- I am a guy. How are these two related you ask? Well, the instructions on the KT-Tape…
New Items for the Raffle/Giveaway!
We have some more items being offered in the raffle/giveaway! For any Washington Redskins fans out there, we have a Prize pack: We have also received some wonderful Water Bottles from Epson, and we have some other items to be…
Tagged with: Donation, Help the Homeless, Homeless, Marine Corp Marathon, Volunteers of America, Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Washington Redskins
Posted in Help the Homeless
Posted in Help the Homeless
Running at Midnight.
Ok, So I exaggerate a little.. I was actually done before midnight. Having been up late (hey! 11 is really late for me! I’m old!) the night before, there was no chance of getting up in the morning to work…
Washington Nationals
So, I had a 6 mile run on the schedule for yesterday, and did NOT get up and do it in the morning. After a full work day, my office headed off to a Washington Nationals game. I was a…
Rest day and the dreadmill
So, after my 12 miler on Sunday, Monday was a “Rest” day. So I did nothing. 🙂 Well, I may have done some whining about how sore/tired my legs were – but I’m not positive. I will have to err…
Tagged with: First Marathon Marine Corps Marathon, Marathon Training, running, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, treadmill run, Washington Nationals
Posted in running
Posted in running
What a weekend! Running on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk
This was one incredible weekend! It was the final weekend of my kid’s summer vacation, and we decided to do something AWESOME for them! We got up in the wee early hours of Saturday morning and headed down to Virginia…
Tagged with: Cheesecake Factory, GoldKey Timeshare, long run, Lots of Pictures, Mini-Vacation, Running on the Beach, Vacation, Virginia Beach
Posted in Other Exercise, running
Posted in Other Exercise, running
2013 Was an amazing year, for me, So I am really looking forward to 2014!
Once and Future Runner 