After a week away in Florida last week, I’m back to running at home in New Jersey. Although I thought winter was just about over, it returned for a few last cold days this week. I made it through, and hopefully cold weather running is behind me for this year. This was also the first … Read more
Last week, I took it easy following the Super Saturday Ten Miler in order to give myself some time to recover. This week, I got back to it with a few easy workouts to kick off the second phase of my marathon training. We were also traveling to visit family in south Florida. Luckily, the … Read more
Last week, I ran the Super Saturday 10 Miler. That means that this week is focused on recovery. The last time I ran a serious tune up race in the middle of marathon training, I ended up injuring my hip flexor. It wasn’t a serious injury, but it disrupted my training for Philly. So, with … Read more
This morning, I ran a 10 mile race – the Super Saturday 10 Miler. As I explained in yesterday’s training recap, my goal was 1:05. I knew there were some hills in the beginning and the end, but I hoped that I’d be able to power through them. I woke up early, had a bagel … Read more
I just wrapped up the fifth week of my training for the Jersey City Marathon. This also brought to a close the first phase of the training cycle. After four weeks of building mileage and (mostly) nailing workouts, I took it a little easier this week in preparation for a 10 mile tune up race … Read more
I recently decided to publish a weekly log of my training for the Jersey City Marathon. This weekend, I got started and wrote up a reflection of week 4. You can read that here. Today, I’m rewinding the clock a bit and summing up the first three weeks of marathon training. From there, we’ll be … Read more
Spring marathons are made in the winter, as they say. So far, winter has been pretty mild here in New Jersey. There have been a few cold days, and a little snow, but a lot of mild to warm days. This week, though, it was back to winter, and I got another little taste of … Read more
My first big race of the year is the Jersey City Marathon in April. After running the Erie Marathon in September, I took a few weeks to recover. Then, I shifted my focus to shorter races for the late fall and the early winter. That culminated in the Rutgers Big Chill. After a couple weeks … Read more
It’s New Year’s Eve, and I just got back from my last run of the year – a nice, easy 16 mile long run. As is customary at this point, I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on how things went over the past year and think ahead to what lies in store … Read more
Garmin HRV status is one of my favorite metrics on the new Garmin running watches. I was already a fan of Garmin Body Battery and stress. Now that I upgraded my Forerunner to a Garmin Fenix 7S Pro, I have access to Garmin HRV status as well – and it really steps up the information … Read more