After focusing on marathon goal pace miles for the last few weeks, I decided I would run Yasso 800s yesterday. I wanted to test myself with ...

At long last, my running is starting to return to normal. I ran 59.7 miles in July , which is a HUGE bump up from the measly 7 I ran in Ju...

During the week I am an afternoon runner. Ideally, I'd run in the early evening, outside, but that doesn't happen. So, I run in the ...

Looking for a way to shake up your treadmill running routine and  get fast at the same time? Look now further -- I've got just  the ...

It's race week! The ZOOMA Cape Cod half marathon is this Saturday, which makes this a lousy time to have lost my mojo. What happened t...

Holy cow. My legs are screaming right now. In a good way. I hope. My workout? It was a killer. Kill. Er. Wanna try it?  1 mile jog ...

I have a new favorite workout, my friends. I still love the long run (woo hoo ~ 22 on the schedule for Sunday!) and I'll always be a fan...

Some people like to rest-up well the day before a long run. Long runs are, after all, the bread and butter of a marathon training plan so it...

Even though I already wrote about Saturday's run, I have to rewind and tell you about Friday. Not necessarily the run itself, which wa...

Have you heard? There's a heat wave going on so it is hot. I know! It's summer. And it's hot! Go figure . . . Anyway, yeste...

I'm back among the living. But before I tell you all about that, let me get to some good news: The Gotein winner ! Thanks to everyone ...

Or, three things Thursday. Here they are: Fast running Speedwork was on the schedule for yesterday evening. I was worried about the rain...

Apparently, people don't know who I am. They land on my blog after searching terms like: Mack trucks hicks Sexy tennis ball runners...

Switching gears from half marathon training to training for a 5k means shorter and faster runs. But the fast runs have been somewhat elusive...

Now that was more like it. After a few days of doubts, I was determined to have a great speed workout today. On the schedule? 5 x 1K. You c...

Wow. 10 x 200 -- done. With moderate success. But first, let me back up to earlier in the day. I had a follow-up appointment with my podiatr...

In my last post, I wrote about how my legs had felt like lead during Sunday's run. I had Monday off and then, yesterday, was scheduled f...

I'm not going to lie: My intervals session yesterday was hard. Really hard. But it was also easy, in a way. I did something new this tim...

It's been ages since I wrote a Take it and Run Thursday post. I guess I was just out of my routine with the whole summer business that w...

I'll get right to the good news, since it's quicker: My hip feels fine. No worse for the wear after yesterday's speed work. So, ...