New Jersey Marathon training: week 6

Posted on February 18, 2014 | 3 min read time

Week six of training was kind of a disappointment. I started off the week with an unplanned rest day on Monday. I had five miles planned, but I felt like it was better to give my knee the day off. For the middle of the week I stuck to my schedule, even though there was yet more snow. We got another foot or so of the white stuff going into Thursday morning so my run was a bit of a mess. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training: week 5

Posted on February 10, 2014 | 5 min read time

Yup, more snow! Another week down! That’s five of ‘em! This week brought more snow and crappy winter weather our way. What else is new, right? We started right off with around eight inches of fresh snow Monday morning, but luckily, I just had a five-miler to do. Tuesday night’s weather called for another 4-6” of snow with .25” of ice as well so I moved Wednesday’s ten miles up a day and did that run right after work right before the storm came. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training: week 4

Posted on February 3, 2014 | 2 min read time

A brief break in the Winter From Hell meant SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT! Well, I’m already a quarter of the way through training for the New Jersey Marathon! Four weeks down, twelve to go! Last week was the first one so far that’s gone entirely according to plan without having to shift runs around. The weather early in the week was still pretty damn cold and everything got a fresh coat of another two inches of snow in the middle of the week, but things warmed up a bit for the weekend. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training update: Week 3

Posted on January 27, 2014 | 3 min read time

This is a big hunk of frozen sweat stuck to the back of my neck It’s just week three of training for the New Jersey Marathon and I’m already over it. As much as I actually enjoy the cold and winter, I’ve had enough. Subzero temperatures with heavy winds, snowstorm after snowstorm, freezing rain, ice. I’ve run through it all. In fact, I can’t remember the last run that didn’t feature one of these. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training update: Weeks 1 and 2

Posted on January 20, 2014 | 5 min read time

Two weeks down, fourteen more to go! I’m one eighth of the way through training for the New Jersey Marathon! Weeks one and two were originally written in my training plan as the being the same, but being that I didn’t feel like my mileage was quite up to par yet going into week one, I made a few modifications. I cut the lengths of a few of the runs to drop the mileage by four for the week. [Read More]

New Jersey Marathon training starts today!

Posted on January 6, 2014 | 3 min read time

In sixteen weeks (from yesterday), I’ll be running my sixth marathon! I’m pretty excited about it, I’ll be running the New Jersey Marathon so I’ll be right at home! Training starts today! My plan for the NJ Marathon is a very serious Boston qualifying attempt. My required BQ time is 3:35, but I’m going to shoot for 3:30 to give myself a little breathing room. That comes out to an 8:01 min/mile pace which is 34 seconds/mile faster than I ran in Richmond. [Read More]

Richmond Marathon training wrap-up and race goals

Posted on November 13, 2013 | 7 min read time

With just three days to go until the 2013 Richmond Marathon, there’s not much left to do to prepare for race day. Training has been done for a week and a half, carbo-loading starts today, my bags are packed, and I’m mentally and physically ready for this thing! Training wrap-up Injecting myself with the hormone goodness While I stuck with the same 16-week training plan I did for the 2012 Chicago Marathon, things were a lot different this time. [Read More]