Holy Cow, was this a stupid idea!  I have a networking meeting every month that takes place 17 miles from my home.  About 4 times a year or so, I […]

The rest really paid off!  Today I felt really strong.  I decided that since speed has been my nemesis throughout this process, I would just concentrate on doing the 4.1 […]

I went ahead and took this as another skip day.  Thirty minutes of cross-training isn’t going to make-it-or-break-it at this point, and I thought I could use the rest.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR – CROSS TRAINING – 30 MINUTES DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE – SPEED – 4.1 MILES AT 7 MPH DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX – CROSS TRAINING – […]

Boy, was I lazy today!  I slept in until about noon, refusing to get out of bed until I had convinced myself that I would do my long run.  When […]

I decided to skip this.  Yesterday I thought about taking 1-3 rest days to give my knees a break and when I looked at what was coming up, there was […]

We are getting down to the nitty-gritty here and this is getting tough.  I so didn’t want to go running today, but when I look at what a piddledy short […]

I am having to come to terms with the fact that I simply am not hitting these speed goals.  I gave myself an extraordinary amount of time to do this […]

Rough start and rough performance, but I got it done. I had my alarm set for 6 and woke at 5:59 to go to the bathroom.  When I looked at […]

Apparently, I needed two rest days after my 21-mile run.  I should have done some cross training today, but it simply wasn’t going to happen.  I’m getting so close to […]