Category Archives: General
2016 D&L Half Marathon
I’m starting to think there is something about running half marathons in the Lehigh Valley that does my hamstrings in – barely finished this one and in a ton of pain due to cramping. Crossed the finish line at 15 … Continue reading
Runner’s World Grand Slam 4/4 – Half Marathon
Grand Slam COMPLETE! 4 days – 4 races – 26.2 miles! This is nowhere near what I’ll be doing at WDW in January (Dopey Challenge) but it’s a nice warm-up. The half marathon is the finale of the Runner’s World … Continue reading
Runner’s World Grand Slam 2-3/4 – 5 & 10
Today was the Runner’s World Five and Dime, or the 5K and 10K back to back. Of course, being that I was doing the Grand Slam (still not sure why I am doing it) that meant running these two races … Continue reading
Runner’s World Grand Slam 1/4 – Trail Run
Earlier today, I completed my first timed trail run as part of the Runner’s World Half and Festival Weekend in Bethlehem. The trail run kicked off the weekend with a 3.4 mile “jog” around South Mountain. I wasn’t sure what … Continue reading
Run Wild at the LV Zoo 10K 2016 Complete!
It wasn’t pretty by any means – 85 degrees and 75% humidity at the race start. 6.2 miles of running in a thick soup, not much shade for the second half of the race, and a nasty monster hill at … Continue reading
22 Minute Hardcore Week 1(.5)
Week 1 of 22 Minute Hard Corp completed! Actually, I started Wednesday of the week before, so I got a bit of a head start and duplication of that first week, but it turned out to be a good move. … Continue reading
Happy Birthday America!
Not much more needs to be said than that… hopefully today is a day that everyone relaxes but also remembers why it exists in the first place. There’s too much hatred throughout our world and even within our own nation. … Continue reading
22 Minute Hard Corp Commencement
Decided to start a new workout program… as a past user of the Beachbody P90X series, Tony Horton introduced a military bootcamp-style workout called 22 Minute Hard Corp. Each of the workouts is 22 minutes, but they are pretty much … Continue reading
#Broken or #NotBroken
WARNING – graphic/painful photo below. You’ve been warned! I can’t seem to catch a break, first illness creeps in to curtail my training, and now I manage to bust up my toe trying to navigate my daughter’s Home Alone-style bedroom. … Continue reading
Starting June Off Right
With a nice easy 3.1 mile run to try and get back into training a regular summer training program. Kinda scary to think that Dopey is only a little over six months away, and this time, I need to be … Continue reading