Running The Road Blog

October 31, 2009
My Saturday runs have been going really well because I’m feeling more rested after being able to get some decent sleep on Thursday and Friday night. Sunday and Monday go well to, but down hill after that because of the new shift and not being adjusted to a new sleep pattern yet.
Today’s run [...]

October 26, 2009
Well, I’m going into the third week of post marathon recovery and all is going really well. Just a few minor twinges here and there, but nothing to worry about at this point. The left heel is doing much better and hasn’t given me any problem for the last few runs. I did [...]

October 25, 2009
I feel completely recovered from the marathon, no muscle soreness or marathon related fatigue. The big problem now is getting enough rest from work! This new shift (2nd shift 3:00pm to 1:00am) isn’t going to be an easy thing to get use to. After about 28 years of going to bed anywhere from [...]

October 19, 2009
Well, it has been one week since my A and B goal defeat and am feeling pretty darn good physically and mentally. Have come to terms with how poorly things went and am getting fired up for the next marathon go around next spring!
The muscle soreness was gone after Tuesday, but did no [...]

October 12, 2009
Well I didn’t meet my A goal or B goal so definitely no bragging rights on this one, but I did hit my C goal which was to finish. I’m really disappointed in the outcome especially when the weather other than being really cold at the start was perfect for a marathon. I [...]

May 19,2009
I’m in my last week of recovery and feeling pretty good. This morning I did 3 miles with 6 strides of 100 meters in the last mile. Then  this afternoon I did 2 miles. The rest of the week will be more of the same thing with 8 miles planned for Saturday. Plan to [...]

May 14, 2009
Here it is the 14th of May already and just now getting back to blogging. The 4 week recovery phase is going well and into the 3rd week. Have been doing 3 to 5 mile easy runs in the morning and 2 miles in the afternoon with some strides around 4 times a [...]