3 weeks until the New York City Marathon

There are three weeks left until the New York City Marathon. My taper will officially begin next week, but I did not get any long runs in this week. I did an easy 10 miler yesterday, and ran an 8k race this morning. I managed to run about 14 miles after all of my...

Planning for the New York City Marathon

I have less than one month until the New York City marathon. I have already started to plan my trip, though. Rather than thinking of visiting people while I am halfway through Connecticut on my drive down, I have actually started to call people up first to see if they...

The first weight workout with a wedding ring

This morning I headed into the gym to resume my weight training, which has been non-existant for the past two months. Given that I have had trouble running, I probably should have gotten in and done more weight training than I have. But, that is all right. My quads...

It took 5 weeks to decondition

The story usually goes that you increase your mileage a bit too fast and you get hurt. Or you just do a few too many workouts one week that your body is not ready to handle. Whatever the case may be, you may find yourself with some random aches and pains that you just...