Category: running

Race #154 8k #13 2018 Race #15 2018 8k #1 TreesGreenville Turkey Day 8k #9 Even though the conference last week threw off my training – I ran only twice – I picked up my training again this week and have enjoyed each step. My coach set the goal as 41:30, an 8:20 per mile…

Race #153 Half Marathon #51 South Carolina Half Marathon #38 2018 Race #14 2018 Half Marathon #7 Run Hard Lexington Half Marathon #1 Back in March, I registered for this race after seeing information of additional medals offered because I ran the Run Hard Columbia half. Although it turned out that I would have had…

For weeks, months really, I have faced a dilemma when it comes to running. At almost every time throughout the day, I long for amazing running adventures and think about what I can and need to do to train harder and longer. Then, the morning comes and I struggle to find enough motivation to get…

Race #152 Half Marathon #50 South Carolina Half Marathon #37 2018 Race #13 2018 Half Marathon #6 Spinx Run Fest Half Marathon #5 When I realized that I would run my 50th half marathon in the same race as my first, I knew it would be a great day. Admittedly, I started to harbor a…

Race #151 Half Marathon #49 South Carolina Half Marathon #36 2018 Race #12 2018 Half Marathon #5 Revolutionary Run Half Marathon #1 Back at the beach this summer, I signed up for several races this fall, not too many, just enough to have at least one race per month. I tried to find half marathons…

Several weeks ago I wrote my recap of the San Francisco Marathon. While I stand by what I said in that post, I want to expand on that and delve into some of the things that I have pondered in response to the marathon and the training leading up to it. [I wrote this essay…

Race #150 7k #2 2018 Race #11 2018 7k #1 Paris Mountain 7k #2 I knew it had been a while since I had run a trail race but when I looked it up, I realized that I have not run a trail race since 2013. The last time I ran this race was 2011,…

Race #149 Marathon #11 State #7 (repeated a state) California Marathon #2 2018 Race #10 2018 Marathon #1 San Francisco Marathon #2 This will not be a normal recap. I have no plans to go mile by mile or section my section. Instead, after posting my splits, I intend to reflect on my performance. Even…

Technically, there were 17 weeks of training in this training cycle but since I miscounted at the beginning, I’ll just count the last one as race week. Training this past week went really well. I even started thinking about possibly adding a December marathon this year. I’m not making any decisions until after San Francisco…