Marathon Training

The Equal Run

A couple of Tuesdays ago I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock and unlike the past couple of mornings, I reached over, tapped it gently to stop the noise, I wouldn’t be snoozing this morning. I pulled my comforter off of me, lowered my feet to the ground and rose from my bed. I had left the window…

Week 1- Speed and Distance

On Monday I started my sixteen-week training for the 2018 TCS NYC Marathon. For my eighth marathon, I have decided to go back to basics.

• Training Plan

I purchased one of the training plans from NYRR Virtual Trainer, and sort of…

The New York City Marathon- Part IV

A couple of hours after the marathon, I sat on my couch staring blankly in front of me. Everything was quiet, and there was barely any light filtering in through the windows. The sun had barely broken through the cloudy skies for most of the day and now as the sun…

A Guide For the NYC Marathon 1st Timers

This guide is provided with the following disclaimers:

• I am not an expert or elite runner. I am running the NYC Marathon for the fourth time. I think it’s the equivalent of a kid coming into their freshman year taking advice from…

Finding a Finish Line

I felt the cold gel spreading across my hamstring, and the lower part of my ass and I fell silent listening to the…

The Final Training Race- Staten Island

Staten Island probably gets a raw deal. I grew up here in New York and even as an…

The 18 Miler

The Comeback- Week 8

I have sixty-three days. Sixty-three days sounds like a lot, but for marathon training, it’s not that much. I lost a lot…

The Science of Running vs. The Philosophy of Running

Central Park…I love you