Typically, I don’t taper. I hate the mental craziness that comes along, the taper madness. I have read many blog posts from athletes tapering. Those stories normally curse the weeks directly preceding a big race. Taper madness, triggered by inactivity following weeks of intense training, includes wild food cravings, outbursts of misdirected frustration, and sometimes the […]
Hill repeats, why do you hurt so good?
Like many of my runs lately, I had to drag myself out the door last night. I knew my planned hill repeats weren’t going to treat me well. Even with all of my dread, I caught myself by surprise when I found a burst in the first three repeats. I warmed up eight miles of easy […]
Runsploring sometimes leads to new perspective
It’s not my word alone. I’m sure of it. Surely someone else thought to combine running and exploring to create runsploring before me. No matter. If I’m plagiarizing, sue me. (Actually don’t. Just let me know and I’ll give you the credit). As I worked my way back to my starting point on my run today, […]
I’m finally going to be Boston Strong
I tried to focus my eyes. Still half asleep at 7:15 this morning, I checked my text message from Jeff (which arrived at 5:37 a.m.). As I read his words, my eyes snapped to my blue and yellow Boston bracelet, and everything was right with the world. Nearly five years after I committed to making it […]
Setting running goals: finding middle ground
I can still feel the jolt of electric energy that rocketed through my body the second I crossed the finish line at the 2014 Green Bay Marathon. I immediately vomited, spewing Gatorade as my body attempted to alleviate the side stitch that had plagued my final four miles. But none of that pain mattered. My throw […]
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