Walking It In: The Sequel!

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but I walked in yet another training run.  Sequels are typically horrendous affairs (think Caddyshack II), however every now and again you stumble across a gem (Lethal Weapon 2, Back to the Future II).  This weekend’s long run definitely goes into the latter category and not the…

Walking It In

I should have known it was going to be one of those runs.  I was about 2 miles into my run on Saturday when a water bottle jumped out of my hydration pack and dropped to the ground.  The lid popped off and about 3/4 of the water was emptied out before I could scoop…

Breakthrough

I have finally had a breakthrough in my running fitness.  I’ve been stuck at the same level for the past year and I just started assuming that I was never going to get better.  I’m no spring chicken so at some point age is going to offset whatever training that I’m doing.  I figured fitness maintenance…

Digits: June 2016

I ended the month on a fast note with my running.  My last run on the 30th was a five mile jaunt on my normal trail route.  I typically run this at an 8.5-9 minute pace, but for whatever reason I was flying on Thursday.  I’ve done this run almost 200 times over the past…