Uber Confidence Builder
The Plan: 12 or 13 miles with at least 10 at marathon pace. The plan was to go to the aqueduct and 60th west at about 6:25, run and easy […]
Miles and Miles
I see that I did not post yesterday. So, let’s see: In the morning I headed over to Marie Kerr Park to meet some of my students. We did a […]
Just one Tuesday Workout
I am starting my taper for the Boston Marathon. They say to cut the miles, but not the intensity. So, some Tuesday I have done as many as three workouts. […]
Kiloposter
A few days ago I said that I was approaching 1000 and I asked for guesses as to what it was I was approaching. Chuck guessed 1000 friends on facebook […]
Getting ready for Agoura
Ever since I was training for what I call my “breakthrough” marathon – Surf City 2009, I have included a series of Fast Finish Long runs in my training. Each […]
Slow Start – but a good workout
This morning I met Karl at 5:30 for mile repeats at Joe Walker. I was a little apprehensive that I had pushed too hard last night, but overall I was […]
Twosday Night HDR workout
My make shift sign in sheet has 13 names on it. I KNOW there had to be way more than 13 runners out there tonight. It is the first day […]
If you don’t like the weather….
wait a minute. This morning I met Jeff Smith at “the diamonds.” The diamonds are the street barricades at the end of P12 behind Highland High School. We met at […]
Almost a marathon
Today is the Los Angeles Marathon. Clay, Justin, Miguel, Chuck, Branden, Fran and Joel are among the 20 something thousand runners running in it. I am waiting to hear if […]
Schedule reshuffling
Today I ran to Jamba Juice. The weather is starting to turn as it gets cold and windy. By tomorrow morning it is supposed to be pretty rainy. In addition […]
3 more workouts!
My last post, on Tuesday outlined three running workouts all in one day. Well, I did it again! Except, these three workouts were spread over two days and one of […]
The more tired, the faster?
Another big Tuesday…… 1) I met Karl at 5:10 am at Joe Walker – yes, that’s right 5:10 in the morning just two days after the time change. The forecast? […]
Just another 20…..
After two days off, due to race directing duties. My body was actually eager to go run. Since I had taken the two days off, I figured it would be […]
Inch worms R us!
Today, I ran 4.5 miles with the team. We did a double hill workout session. We did about 16 reps of 30 seconds uphill. The uphill portion of the run […]
Triple Tuesday!!
It has been awhile since I have started with that title! Today, things went according to plan. My thinking was that in this last couple of months of preparation for […]
