Recent Posts Tagged With 'marathon training'

• Easily running up a 60-mile week

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 09:41 in marathon training

  So, yesterday I promised myself (after a tongue lashing from my coach) that I would run my easy and long runs easy.This morning, I met with two other runners (Blair from Fort Worth and Muna) at Town Lake for an "easy" 7-miler. I was actually looking ...

• The problem is in my head

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 14:27 in marathon training

  I awoke at 4:30 this morning and really thought about not running. My confidence was sinking a little in the face of all this mileage and my left ankle was bothering me a little (though not from running - I stepped on one of Noah's toys Monday evenin...

• Hitting the wall: I need ideas to help me reach my daily carb goal

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 11:49 in marathon training, running nutrition

  I knew it was finally going to catch up to me one day. Running 50-plus miles a week. On courses with more hills than I'd ever run on before. In 75-plus degree temps and humidity over 90 percent.A bad running day was bound to happen. And I finally "ca...

• Time to knuckle down

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 22:58 in marathon training

  There are a little less than 6 weeks before I run the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth. I have slowly, but surely, ramped up my weekly mileage to the low 40s and have had long runs of at least two hours each of the last three Saturdays (14.5 miles on t...

• Advice from the marathon expert(s)

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 16:22 in marathon training, dallas white rock marathon, jim fortner

  (Before I start this post, I thought I'd share this photo I found of the finish line of the marathon. Notice the guy who collapses just before the finish line. It wasnt me, but that's how tough a day it was. - photo courtesy of Dallas Observer's Unfa...