... Michael ~ Thanks for reminding me I turn another year older today. And a happy age group change to you. PS: My other birthday (the one I remember) is in 20...
Thanks Jabber, I plan on it. It was tender after the 8K race yesterday but doing a bit better today. Ice and asprin have done wonders. I will find out...
Happy birthday Maddog. Katie & I had a big party for you in St Paul. It really was a beautiful run. Temperature was 65 deg, 57 deg dewpoint and wind SE at 15...
... Paul. It really was a ... the start, 71 deg, ... comments about ... warm and humid, but breeze ... wind. Tough going, but didnt ... houses along the...
- congrats on a great run. ... Paul. It really was a ... start, 71 deg, ... comments about ... and humid, but breeze ... Tough going, but didnt ... along the...
I just got off the phone with Coach and he ran a 3:32, which he is okay with given it was an endurance training run. He said it rained from start to finish,...
I ran the Cartersville 10K today. I had low expectations for myself based on the little training I have done. I did surprisingly well. The weather was great:...
Expo was great, it had every energy gel I could ever want, and lots of nice race apparel in men's and women's styles and sizes. They tried to give me a...
Sounds like it was a success overall! Congrats! "Slacked off too early during tempo workouts" Tempo workouts are usually the hardest for me. I'll take track...
Thanks, Rengaw! Nice to see you are hitting your goals for the 10K. By the way, I just posted a group pic under Hartford 2005. (Wish the quality were better,...
Meg ~ Thanks for sharing your race report. I can relate to the poor weather conditions. I recall running Mad City in 2004 in pouring down rain for all but 5...
Targets: Chickamauga Marathon (12 Nov), & Goofy’s Challenge (7&8 Jan). 65-69 Div Results: Click here Week in Review: 49.4 miles over 5 days (46.8 over 7 days...
As I’ve stated many times before… I’m not a good tourist, so stop reading this if you’re interested in anything other than how an old geezer suffered ...
Meg~Thanks for the report. I forgot you and Margaret were going to Hartford too, sorry. Thanks for the report and I bet it felt great to get another marathon...
Coach~That is pretty brutal to have you pass the finish line a 20 to only come back to it. Well I'm glad you were able to drink some lunch :) Jabber ... ...
Congrats on the great race reports from everyone. They were wonderful to read. I enjoyed the Hartford, Twin Cities and Cartersville reports a lot. Coach I...
Coach, You commented on the benefit of being an effort based athlete in your Hartford marathon report. I have also noticed your %PE numbers in your Durty...
Kent~Coach has asked me to respond to your post. Just a little background on myself. Coach was my Coach from Feb 2001 through about Nov 2004 and I've been an...
Thanks. Yes, the monster was still stalking me at Twin Cities, but without HRM (and knowing how to use it), my mind played games. Resulted in varying my pace...
I’ve been asked to explain the difference between a training race and a regular one. I believe everyone understands regular racing, so here’s how I try to...
Thanks, BK. Actually, rain normally doesn't bother me, it keeps me cooler and I can get away with working a little harder than normal. But this was just a...
Hey, I didn't know that. Congratulations! And you handed it to me in the restaurant and I thought you wanted me to pass it to Mary... doh! I never even...
Coach~I would just like to add one item to this, and that is you do not taper for a training race (you would for a race). Jabber ... and a ... here's how I ......