[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Comrades running training is going well. I’m less than a month until my qualifying marathon, and despite a few annoying not-quite-injuries-but-not-quite-right issues I’m dealing with, all signs point to a decent qualifier. But now that we’re t-minus six months from heading to South Africa, I’ve turned a lot of my …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] WHOA! What are we doing here? It’s Wednesday! OnBalance is a Monday/Thursday thing, right?! What’s going on? My friends, I’m happy to say that I’m going to be here every few Wednesdays through 2105 to update you on my plans for running Comrades Marathon in May. I suspect that once the …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This post is one in a series about my preparations to run Comrades Marathon in South Africa next May. Comrades is the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon. The 2016 race is a “down run”, so its 90KM (about 56 miles) will start in Pietermaritzburg and run to the coastal town …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] It’s official. I’ve lost my mind. I’ve registered for Comrades Marathon. I’ve been talking about my idea to run Comrades with my dad and how I’m planning on training for the 90KM race through South Africa’s Valley of the Hills. I spent the summer building my base of mileage, enjoying a few classic …
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.19.9″] A few weeks ago, I wrote an update about the logistics involved in my plan to run the 2016 Comrades Marathon in South Africa. This 90K race through “the valley of the hills” (cough, oxymoron, cough) takes place next May 29th, and both …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This post is one in an occasional series reviewing various fitness products. These are not sponsored posts. Only two times in my two-and-a-half decades of running have I dared to change shoes from my trusty Asics. Once was when I had just started running marathons (gulp, 17 years ago, gulp) when …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This is the second in an occasional series about my preparations for the 2016 Comrades Marathon in South Africa. The first installment is here. Eleven months from today, I hope to be among 20,000 runners pounding the 90 kilometers (56 miles) of pavement between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, South Africa in …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] One of the biggest changes in the fitness industry in the last five years has been the explosion of options in wearable fitness tracking technology. The number of companies in the market– and all of the options each of those companies offers– is really quite …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Everything that I’ve read about Comrades– all the different voices and experiences– is in agreement about one point: Real training for Comrades starts January 1st. Most training plans for people like me (read: novices who are trying to finish comfortably under the 12-hour limit but have no hope of running …
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.20.1″] Pre-race anxiety is a marathoner’s right, and I am experiencing it in a new and different way right now. I have run 10 marathons before, but only once did I fly to the event. I was flying from a cold climate (Boston in …
