A big motivation behind registering for the Tobacco Road Marathon was to push myself to build my running fitness ahead of this October’s Beach2Battleship (B2B) Iron-Distance Triathlon. Based on my training & results, I feel like that goal is accomplished. But the late October B2B is still 29 weeks out- or more than six months. […]
The last mile of the race, my approach to the finish line, and the next 10 minutes rank pretty high on the euphoric scale. In so many ways I have my wife, family, and friends to thank for the support on the road to reaching my goal of finishing my first marathon under four hours. […]
My first marathon is a week away. I have been anxiously awaiting Sunday’s forecast to show up in the 10 day weather forecast for quite some time now. I was going to go into the whole “you can’t cram for a marathon” shpeal. I was even going to work in A.I. on training, or “practice.” Since […]
Around New Years Day I made the decision to sign up for my first marathon: The American Tobacco Trail Marathon, March 17th in Cary. Now the race is just a month away, and I am getting really excited! Questions: Was I ready? (Or, Is this a really dumb idea?) Most marathon training plans run 16-20 […]
My first race recap: #K2C 2013. Spoiler: I had a blast, but only ate one donut. I felt like bizarro Lance Armstrong racing the second half of the challenge on an empty stomach- while everyone else was hobbled by their PDD’s (Performance Detracting Drugs or Dozen Donuts) I had no worries. Prerace: I picked up […]
Late last year I registered for my first road race in about 10 years- the Krispy Kreme Challenge. 2.5 miles from the NC State Belltower to Krispy Kreme, a dozen donuts, and then 2.5 miles back (Race Map at MapMyRun). Race day is now less than a week away- Saturday, February 9. Make no mistake, […]