Seriously. I have tried for two years in a row to train for a marathon – and once I hit “half-marathon-ready” status, all of my running form (and other) mistakes catch up to me – and I am forced to…
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Year in Review
Well, as the year draws to a close, its time to look back. It has definitely been one hell of a year! Lets look at the Annual Mileage: According to Daily Mile – 352 miles is what I ran this…
Tagged with: Best Western, Curvy Roadrunner, Dailymile, Marathon, Marine Corp Marathon, Maryland, Plantar fascia, running, Upstate New York, Year in Review
Posted in running
Posted in running
New Years Resolutions
I have always found News Years resolutions to be a bit… Annoying. In one way, it makes an immense amount of sense. What better time to have a “new beginning” – than an actual new beginning? Personally, I see some…
Tagged with: Bloggers, Calvin and Hobbes, Christmas, Homer Simspon, Marine Corps Marathon, New Year, new year resolutions, New Years Resolutions, running, running blogs, Weight Loss
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Rambling, running
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, Rambling, running
Treadmill Speed Work (I’m too dumb for the Kinect.)
Every now and then, something happens that opens my eyes. Yesterday’s recurring theme was speed-work. Half-athoner mentioned it in a blog posting I read and responded too. My friend Jeremy (he doesn’t have a blog) and I talked about it…
Tagged with: Kinect, running, Speed, Treadmill, Treadmill Running, Video Game, XBox 360
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Posted in treadmill run
Still able to walk down stairs!
It sounds like such a simple thing! Yesterday, I could feel my plantar faciitis bothering me still, but the pain was much, much lower than the previous two. This of course meant I was game to try running again. I…
Tagged with: Battlestar Galactica, plantar fasciitis, running, treadmill run
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Posted in running, treadmill run
Pondering the proper pace
Up and at ’em Adam Ant!!!!! I won! A true victory! Now, what is this amazing victory you ask? I GOT OUT OF BED IN TIME TO RUN!!!!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!! Apparently the post-election hangover, compounded by a post-stay-up-late-making-sure-your-son-does-2-weeks-of-homework-at-once, hits pretty hard! …
Through Rain and Sleet and Snow and Political Hangovers…
So, I’m a political junkie. With help from Google and NPR (Washington DC‘s WAMU is a fantastic station!) I have stayed up on the political scenery, both nationally and locally, as well as I possibly could. I was also very scared…
Tagged with: cold running, Random Tag, running, Running in the Cold, Same Sex Marriage, United States, WAMU, Washington DC
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Posted in running
Running is fun.. The other options? Seem lacking….
This not running has been a severe downer for me. As you can tell from the lack of recent posts – I have not been doing much in the exercise/work out department. I can honestly say that I do not…
Tagged with: Cycling, Foot, Plantar Facia, Plantar Faciitis, running
Posted in running, running injury, running shoes
Posted in running, running injury, running shoes
Race Report – Healthy Steps for Kids 5k
Unfortunately with my foot, I was unable to run the race I had planned on saturday. So I headed out to cheer on Derek, as well as a former co-worker. Derek was nice enough to write-up a guest post so…
3 Mile Run, Doctor’s Visit – Plantar Fasciitis
Good Morning! So I have been quiet lately. As you may recall I went trail-running with Derek on Saturday April 7th, and ended up with a sore foot. Well, I took a week off of running, using my elliptical until…
2013 Was an amazing year, for me, So I am really looking forward to 2014!
Once and Future Runner 