Recap – This weeks plan was to add some small bike milage and keep my running miles the same, then after feeling strong on Monday I toyed with the idea of upping the milage by two miles. By Wednesday, the beginning of plantar faciitis was lurking around the edges of my right hell and I…

Training Plan for the Summer and Fall of 2009 The Goal: To race a decent fall marathon free from injury. The Plan: I have registered for the lottery for New York, a race I’d really love to run again. If I don’t get into that, I will register for the Hartford Marathon, a race which…

There is a brief and superficial article in the New York Times this morning on the importance of consistent and long term training to success in sports in general and running in particular. The article focuses on the need to join a team or get a coach. I’m considering these options. When I’m at a…

I have been doing a half assed “speed” work out on Wednesdays for the last couple of week. So far, its just been a fartlek type run on the treadmill. Today, it was this: One Mile warm up at a ten minute mile pace One Mile at a seven and a half minute mile pace…

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Deriba Merga won today’s Boston marathon in a truly amazing time of 2:08:42, beating my best marathon time by roughly three and a half hours. Amazing run Deriba! Other times of note, Salina Kosgei won the women’s division in 2:32:16, Ryan Hall was the fastest American man in 2:09:32 and Kara Goucher was the fastest…

The plan today was to do 4 sets fo 5 pull ups; 5 dips and 10 push ups and then run three miles, but I was feeling so good, I added another mile and some more random pull ups and push ups. Totals ended up being: 4 miles in 35 minutes 20 dips 60 push…