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 […]

I don’t know what I was thinking, but I had originally planned my cross training for the day after the 21-mile run.  Yeah, that wasn’t happening, so I switched it […]

DAY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN – CROSS TRAINING – 40 MINUTES DAY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT – REST DAY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE – EASY – 6.7 MILES at 4.5 MPH DAY ONE […]

Again with the speed issue!!! I did my run for today, and completed 21 miles. I’m gonna give myself a break on the .2 portion because I read my training […]

Jon and I hiked 10 1/2 miles today in the Superstition Wilderness. We got all the way up to Bull Pass when we ran out of time for the “IN” […]

I was half-tempted to skip my rest day and try to do more catch-up training, but seeing a hiking day coming and my longest training run coming, I decided it […]

I’m getting down to the wire here and I’m not making my speed goals, so it’s real possible I won’t make my 4:59 Marathon Finish goal, either, and that really […]