Last week was a good week. On Monday, I ran 10 miles to sort of make up for not doing the 16-mile run that I was supposed to do 2 days earlier. Tuesday, I ran 4.5-miles with Dr. Ed Wolfgram.…

Last Monday: 6.5-mile run (with a negative split)

Last Tuesday: 4.5-mile fun run

Last Thursday: 6.5-mile run (with another negative split)

Saturday: 12.5-mile run, 1 hr. 56 min.; 9:16 minutes per mile.

Total for the week: 30 miles

Yesterday: 6.5 miles

Saturday’s long run felt much…

Midway through my 6.5-mile run this morning, the skies opened and within 2 minutes I was sopping wet.  Shortly after that, when I checked the sportband to see how far I had run, it was blank.  I found this surprising…

The first two marathons I ran were miserable. I arrived at the starting line (note: I said STARTING line) injured and fatigued. Staring down 26.2 miles under such conditions is depressing. Both races took me far longer to run and recover…