I’m in Phoenix for the holidays (don’t hate me) and made a quick trip down to Sole Sports Running Zone in Tempe.  Just fantastic.  By our east coast standards, it’s freakin’ huge.  Lots of apparel, lots of shoes, but also a great staff of runners who seem to care deeply about the spot.  I can’t recommend… Read more »

Very much a work in progress, but 16 weeks till Boston, more or less. This is what I’m thinking. It’s a blend of the McMillian plan I used last year with some stuff from Advanced Marathoning with some of my travel and races plugged in. I’m trying to do a tempo each week this year,… Read more »

I was at a dinner with a bunch of other runners the other night, and my friend Karen mentioned that it was only 18 weeks until Boston, and that her tried and true plan started at 18 weeks.  I, of course, spit out whatever food was in my mouth, yelled “CRAP!” at the top of… Read more »

It was one of those race weekends.  You know the kind.  The kind where starting on Monday you become vaguely aware of the weather report.  Maybe you browse weather.com, wunderground.com, weather.yahoo.com, a few other hot spots.  A step outside in the morning, a quick survey of the temperature and we’re all meteorologists.  “It’s going to be cold.   It’s going… Read more »

I live in Croton-on-Hudson, a hilly town.  I’m sure there are towns around here with more hills.  But we’ve got some good ones.  And the Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger manages to hit two of the worst!  This was the 30th running of this course, and my 2nd time through.  I had run it as… Read more »

It’s pathetic how much this video made me laugh.

Ug. I had high expectations for today’s race, the Dutchess County Classic Half Marathon.  I’ve had a good couple of weeks of running, and although I’ve been traveling, I’ve managed to squeeze in few quick speed workouts (meaning the workouts were short in length, not that they were especially fast!).  My performance did not match my expectations,… Read more »

No complaints today.  It’s a new thing for me.  But I had a good race yesterday, at the NYRR Club Championships.  Although I’ve never run this race before, I do have a bit of a history with it. Three years ago, I had just started doing long runs with the Taconics.  I was running with… Read more »

Kind of a mixed couple of weeks.  It’s been hot as hot can be in the Greater New York area, and my running has suffered. Last weekend, I ran in the Race for Central Park, a NYRR 4 miler.  It was hot — not as bad as some other races run this weekend, but the… Read more »

Ah, July 4th.  The heat.  The kids off from school.  The strained air conditioners.  The sleeping cats.  The sweaty cheese.  The road races. Ah, yes, the road races.  Today I ran the Putnam County Classic, my first time running this Taconic event.  It’s an eight mile course, and man are there some freakin’ hills there… Read more »