Marathon Specialist
This past Saturday morning I toed the line with 111 of the best American marathoners. I had qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials (OT) in my debut marathon at the California International Marathon (CIM) in December of 2010. Leading into CIM I had done only 4 weeks above 100 miles in that build-up and walked [...]
I find it amusing to read some of the interviews, articles, and blogs from people about the race. Everyone is so geared up mentally and physically 1-2 weeks out from the race. I have already heard comments like, “I don’t want to bother you as I know you have an important race coming up.” I’m [...]
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This post was inspired by a reader who commented on my last blog post. I mentioned in the Dallas White Rock Marathon Recap that I used a Garmin GPS watch in the marathon and that I never wear it in a race. The comment asked if I basically could elaborate on wearing a GPS watch [...]
This weekend I had the pleasure of traveling to Dallas, Texas for the Dallas White Rock Marathon. As I said in my last blog post, my goal was to bring back the “old school” training and racing mentality. I had my game plan of running a 2:22-2:24 via a negative split, which in the past [...]
Two weekends ago at the Philadelphia Half-Marathon I was talking to a new-friend Andrew about racing. He asked what else I was doing before the trials. I said I was running the Dallas White Rock marathon on December 4th. His reply was something to the effect of, “you’re old school and I love it.” I [...]
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The time since my last post has flown by. Maybe that’s because I’ve flown home to Pennsylvania and back again. More than likely it’s because I’ve been flying down the trails, bike paths, streets, sidewalks, and tracks. With the goal clearly the Olympic Trials Marathon on January 14th in Houston, Texas, I ‘competed’ last weekend [...]