Archive for the 'training' Category

Up to Twenty

My marathon training has gone better than I expected it to. I ended up finishing the Parks Half with a 7:45 per mile average. I was hoping for 7:50, and I think I was around that through 10 miles. I felt good enough in the last 3 miles to pick it up. I finished in [...]

Knee News Is Finally Good News

Injuries sure are distracting. While I am still not back to 100%, I am finally doing well enough that I actually believe everything will be OK. I will be able to do the marathon I registered for way back on the second day of March. Quite a few of my grand plans for training and [...]

About Halfway

Yesterday’s long run brings me to the halfway point of my current Marine Corps Marathon training with MCRRC XMP. Two twenty milers are now completed, but there are three still to go. The next few weeks should be interesting as I’ve got a couple of races coming up with the Annapolis 10 Mile next weekend, [...]

Just Another Weekend

After a December of spending my weekends either internet shopping for the holidays or visiting relatives, things are back to my usual pattern for the first weekend in the New Year. Usual for me (at least in the last six months or so) is working with my computers on various projects and getting in a [...]

Weekend Weblog State Update

I get a new blog and then don’t post anything for almost three weeks! Have I quit already?