


Time to Do the Work
I am a little nervous, I gotta admit since today is June 4th and my training log says it is the first day where I am actively training for a […]

Taped Hamstring = Can Run – PMT 6/3/18
Well there, I had chauffeur duty down to the Portland Maine Jetport early this morning, err leaving the house at 3:30 AM, but that meant that I got to see […]

Cleaning Up a Few Odds and Ends
Even with my latest set-back on the hamstring front, time marches on and I still need to get ready to start my marathon training on Monday. It seems as though […]

May 2018 – A Not So Great Month
I guess it is time to talk about May 2018. A lot happened and yes, I got injured again and haven’t been able to run well for the last two […]

Stress Testing the Hammie – PMT 6/1/18
Well the good news is that the hamstring wasn’t as big a setback as I thought it was going to be yesterday. No, I can’t walk without that tugging sensation […]

Just A Little Frustrated – PMT 5/31/18
Yeah the title says it all. Let’s start at the beginning of the day. I did Bennie’s first walk and for the first time since I screwed up my hamstring, […]

Good Day and I Was Bad – PMT 5-30-18
What a gorgeous day outside – of those top 10 days that we never have enough of. Right around 70*F, bright sunshine, low humidity and just hint of a breeze. […]

A Little Ray of Hope – PMT 5-29-18
PMT – Pre-Marathon Training 😉 It is was just a beautiful day outside this morning, too damn nice to be stuck doing a workout inside on the elliptical! However, it […]

Getting Back to Finishing A Marathon
So I have decided to run in the Maine Marathon on September 30, 2018. Now just because I want to finish a marathon does not mean that I will not […]

Updating My Goals for 2018
2018 has been a good year so far, only one injury – a little hamstring strain that just doesn’t want to go away. However, this injury has slowed me down […]

Week in Review – 12/15/13
This week I decided to not run a marathon in 2014. You can read about my reasons here. When you add in that my Achilles just doesn’t like long runs […]

Do I Really Want to Run a Marathon
I was feeling a little off the other day and just generally, tired and beat. It was just nasty out that morning as far as the footing goes. So instead […]

Week 4 of my Pre-Marathon Training Plan — 12-7-13
Week 4 of pre-marathon training is over, you know that building my base mileage thing that I am still doing. How did it go? The week had some […]

Week 3 of my Pre-Marathon Training Plan — 11/29/13
Week 3 of pre-marathon training is over, you know that building my base mileage thing. How did it go? Great, outstanding and all those other superlatives we say out […]

Week 2 of my Pre-Marathon Training Plan — 11/22/13
Okay I finished up week 2 of my pre-marathon training, in other words, I finished up week 2 of building my base mileage. This base building is something that I […]

Starting to Really Train This Week — 11/10/13
What did I learn over the past week? That I enjoyed running on Wednesday with the Central Maine Striders on the first noon-time Group run and plan to […]