marathon training

Can Marathoning Really Fit Your Schedule?

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A job, a husband, three kids, countless after school activities, and a plan to run a marathon in February 2017.  Is it even possible to make all of these priorities fit your schedule? Can Marathoning Fit Your Schedule? Yes. But hoooooooow? Planning. I have my marathon …

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Long Run Lament

[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 use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.17.6″] Sometimes in life, things don’t go to plan. The plan was to host a 35-mile long run on Sunday, with fellow Comrades coming to Austin from Dallas, Houston, and other Hill Country cities for a group effort.  As a bonus, I had …

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Comrades Update: Darkness Befalls Me

[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 …

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Marathoning Made Complicated

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] About six weeks ago, I got the good news that my name was drawn in the lottery to run in the New York City Marathon this November.  This is a dream come true, as I turn 40 this fall and wanted to mark the milestone with something to prove to myself …

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