Defining a New “Normal” In Your Training

What does it mean to define a new normal in your training? Mike over at Fit36 posed that very question and answered it by following his own training progression as he has gotten fitter over the Summer. He just started running this past Spring and when he got started,...

3rd Annual Reiche International 5k

Next Sunday, October 17th is the 3rd Annual Reiche International 5K. Last year there were 185 runners that completed the fast and mostly flat course for a race that celebrates all of the 30 different nationalities that attend Reiche Elementary School....

World Marathon Majors: 2010 Chicago Marathon

The World Marathon Majors 2009-2010 season will most likely be decided tomorrow, as all of the top players in both the men’s and women’s races are running Chicago so none of the New York City runners are in contention unless there are some major upsets....

Back to Back (Part 3): The Maine Marathon

This past weekend I ran my first back-to-back marathons with the New Hampshire Marathon on Saturday and the Maine Marathon on Sunday. I came into this race feeling really good despite having run a marathon the day before other than a small muscle pull that I got...