Category: running

Race #162 Half Marathon ##54 2019 Race #6 South Carolina Half Marathon #41 2019 Half Marathon #3 Run Hard Columbia Half Marathon #2 With this half marathon, I have run the same number of half marathons as 5ks. I told Mom this and responded that she would rather run a half than a 5k any…

Race #161 Half Marathon ##53 2019 Race #5 South Carolina Half Marathon #40 2019 Half Marathon #2 GHS/Prisma Health Half Marathon #6 After a rough end of week emotionally and psychologically due to work issues, I looked forward to this run as a chance to get out there on the trail and just run. I…

For many years, I have chased a Boston Qualifying time in the marathon as well as faster and faster PRs (personal records) in other distances. As I have discussed before, these successes have come along rarely, especially after I returned to teaching. Instead, frustration sets in after each unsuccessful attempt. In many past posts, I…

Race #160 10 Miler #3 2019 Race #4 2019 10 Miler #1 Green Valley 10 Miler #2 When registering for races at the end of last year, I made the difficult decision to not register for Hilton Head. I have run Hilton Head every year since I first started running. The overwhelming pressure that this…

Race #159 Half Marathon #52 2019 Race #3 South Carolina Half Marathon #39 2019 Half Marathon #1 Crossfit864 Half Marathon #1 At the middle of the week I wondered if I would be able to run this race. I think, after difficulty Wednesday night with trying to sleep and all my body wanting to do…

Race #158 8k #14 2019 Race #2 2019 8k #1 Icebreaker 8k #1 Greenville Dirt Series #1 I decided to add this race to my schedule several weeks ago. I think the series idea lured me in but I do not remember. After last week’s solid race, I thought this race would hold more of…

Race #1575k #542019 Race #12019 5k #1Greenville News Run Downtown 5k #7 I signed up for this race as my January race for the year. (I later found another race that I will run next week.) As such, since I have just started the build up to marathon #1 for the year, Salt Lake City,…

Race #156Timed Race #12018 Race #172018 Timed Race #1Resolution Run #1 I almost forgot to recap this race! I signed up for The Resolution Run put on by Upstate Ultras as a way to get in my long run for the week since we would be driving back from Hilton Head in the morning and…

Race #1555k #532018 Race #162018 5k #5Jingle Jingle 5k #4 Unlike previous editions of this race, this race took place on Christmas Eve, on a Monday. This made it quite easy to fit into the trip although I would have come down early had the race taken place on Saturday morning. I did not have…