Written by Good news, bad news and good news again. An elite bib in my Austin 10k requires a 5k in 19:50. I put off the qualifier all fall. It has been two years since I stood at a starting line and two years of frustration and disappointment is very difficult to overcome. The expectation is that [...]
READ MORE »Making your own training plan
I do not run well on standard training plans. I once tried the popular “Couch of 5k” from the then new coolrunning.com and it didn’t work at all. Some people find training plans work very well. Each to their own. In practice, that means I got very good at making up my own training plans.
READ MORE »Mixing up running routes to stay fresh
Written by With all the holiday activities I’ve had to undertake over the last few weeks, I haven’t had much of a chance to blog or to run unfortunately. However I made it out for a run last night and it wasn’t so bad, though it was of the short variety.
READ MORE »Send us your Couch to 5K experiences
Written by People talk about the marathon as the ultimate running experience, but there’s no race that has captured the attention of the average runner more than the 5K.
READ MORE »Running 5-miler a Turkey Day thrill
Written by The last time I wrote it was kind of a catch up on how I got to where I am, but it stopped short of actually providing too many details on where I am now and talked more specifically about how I got here. Find out about my Thanksgiving 5-mile experience after the jump…
READ MORE »A little speed work goes a long way
This second post was going to be about my training plan – but runners run and I decided to make the second post about something more mundane and also more fun: “my run today.” Find out more about my speed workout…
READ MORE »Running convert training for 5-miler
I never liked running. As a teenager, I played soccer, basketball and softball. The running part was always torture. (Maybe that’s why I was a terrible hitter. Not-so-subconsciously, I didn’t want to run the bases). I have asthma. And I’m neither small nor light on my feet. The way I saw it, I had [...]
READ MORE »Where I’ve been and where I’m going
I became a runner shortly after 1 p.m., September 7, 1999, on my fourth day as a high school student. I remember the first half lap and the rest of it is something my mind has for its own good forgot. It was all in that first mile – the whole process of pain, uncertainty, [...]
READ MORE »Changing training pace yields results
Written by The typical training program for most novice and intermediate runners seems fairly standard. Day one – 3-4 miles, day two – 4-5 miles, day three – 2-3 miles, day four – OFF, day five – 3-4 miles, day six – 4-5 miles, day seven – OFF. Rinse and repeat. The mistake most runners make is [...]
READ MORE »Running beginner goes from desk to 5K training
At 24 years old I decided to start doing something that I hated more than anything in my life: go for a run. I always laughed at the kids in high school with their track shirts claiming “Our Sport is Your Sports Punishment,” and for good reason: That’s crazy. Who wants to do something that everyone else [...]
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