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Nerves better today.  Let’s get this show on the road!

I’m counting!  Man oh man am I counting. I’m in Berlin doing a project with long hours, so I have to say I’m happy to taper.  I had a good long run around the Tiergarten, which is a fantastic place to run.  Lots of great dirt surfaces, pancake flat.  I ran the first six miles… Read more »

I’m preparing for my 3rd marathon and my first Boston.  So assuming I trained (intentionally) for 16 weeks for each marathon that’s about 48 weeks of training.  48 weeks of reading a training plan.  Obsessively. When I write “reading a training plan”, I really mean “reading two or three training plans,” because I collect them… Read more »

What a great week! Well, I shouldn’t be too quick to perclaim perfection, I’ve still got 16 miles or so to do tomorrow and a recovery run on Sunday, but still it’s been good. I spent the week staying in the city as I was working crazy hours at the New York Autoshow. The producer… Read more »

ug. It was cold today, not unseasonably so, but cold nonetheless. 25° at 6:00am when I decided I was going to have to wear tights. I thought I was done with tights for the year. But out they came. And out I went. The early miles were a little slow, but I think we fell… Read more »

I think it was last Wednesday when I awoke to the radio announcer’s excitement: “Folks, we’ve got a HUGE storm coming this weekend. We are going to get DUMPED ON.” Realizing that I was planning to do a 20 miler, I wasn’t surprised. Bad weather and long runs. Like peanut butter and more peanut butter…. Read more »

Ah, the 20 miler.  It’s a staple of marathon training.  I don’t know anyone who has done 26.2 without doing a few 20s weeks before. Because I ran a 25k last weekend, I’m actually a week late based on my Boston training, so I was anxious to get this one under my belt.  And man… Read more »

Once again, I find myself in Sin City for a project.  I’ve been out here in the desert for a week, now on the backend of a family vacation, and of course I’m loving the weather.  However, running here is a constant chore, at least close to the strip. Yesterday I was slated by McMillian… Read more »

I’ve spent the last few days in Phoenix, actually had an extra day as my flight was cancelled due to some sort of snow fall in New York.  I am not a lover of cold weather running, so it was great to have another day to be in shorts and a tee shirt. My job… Read more »

It was 8° when I left the house today.  That fact pretty much framed the whole day — or at least until we could all forget about the whole 8° thing! Good long run with the Taconics today.  I’ve been traveling for the last several weeks, and have been running alone, so it was a… Read more »