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 [...]

On Thursday Night I traveled back to the home I grew up in to spend a week at home for Thanksgiving and compete at the Philadelphia Half-Marathon.  I’ve trained very hard the past few weeks and my legs can definitely feel the personal records in mileage and workouts.  As I posted in a past blog [...]

Imagine me, a little Tyler dribbling a soft plush soccer ball around the house. Taking it upstairs, downstairs, in the basement I’d be playing with the soft soccer ball.  Why?  Well the obvious answer is that I’m not allowed to kick a real soccer ball around the house! The less obvious answer is much more [...]

Today is an exciting time. Why? Well it’s now less than 65 days until I toe the line at the 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas.  In the process, I’ll be racing the Philadelphia Half-Marathon on Nov 20th and going to Dallas, Texas for a race in early December.  I’m looking forward to [...]

“Kaizen” is the Japanese word for continuous improvement.  It also should be the main goal of any distance runner, to continue to improve and set new personal best times.  Yet how many runners do you see actually improve season by season and year by year?  Not very many.  Why is that the case? One of [...]

It’s now 12 weeks until the Olympic Trials.  How do you know when you have mentally recovered from a peak race?  You are excited to train again.  I’m writing this as I’m looking forward to meeting Matty Reed for a 9 mile easy run and then I’ll do some hill sprints.  I’ll double later in [...]

The past ten months have been a dream come true.  I did my first marathon at the California International Marathon last December in a debut 2:17:22.  I followed that up with a bunch of great races throughout 2011.  In fact, I can only think of one ‘bad’ race, which was the Buffalo Subaru Chase 4 [...]

One week until the Chicago Marathon.  I’m excited to toe the line after training very well since Grandma’s Marathon.  This likely won’t be my last post before the race, but with the exception of one workout this week my training is done and it’s time to “taper.”  I’m not a huge fan of the word [...]