Shorter runs, more sleep and all the food.  After 15 weeks of training, I've hit the long-awaited and well-earned taper as the st...

It seemed like such a good idea. Fort4Fitness 2015 My training plan called for 18 to 20 miles this weekend. Fort4Fitness, the larges...

Fear. It seems like fear and marathon training run hand in hand. There's the pressure of hitting race pace an tempo miles; the unknown...

I just wasn't feeling it. I was at mile 10 of my long run – 18 miles on the plan – and my stomach felt off. I wasn't sure whether ...

5:20 a.m. My alarm sounded from underneath the worn and thin pillow on the bed, and I groped for my phone. It took two, maybe three tries ...

No matter how many miles you run, hours you log on your feet, times you train for a race, there are always lessons to be learned.  And a...

When I registered for the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon on Jan. 1, running marathon was just an idea. A seemingly good one but, nonethele...

12:07 a.m. Jan. 1. I made the decision. I clicked yes. I hit send. And I took the leap. I registered for a marathon – the Indi...

The pain of the marathon has all but disappeared. But the pictures will last forever! I am walking like a normal person, my legs are ...

The morning of Nov. 9, the morning of Veterans Marathon, did not get off to the best start. The quick version : I lost my key, left lat...

24 hours. In 24 hours, if good training and the stars align, I will be wearing a marathon medal around my neck and eating my face off. Unt...

Race week, it is here my friends. With four days until the Veterans Marathon, the work is done. The miles logged. The toenails lost. There...

For all intents and purposes, this week should have began my taper. Emphasis on should have. While I have never been one to dislike the t...

Sitting on the couch, tired from a weekend of running - the exercise kind and life kind - I realized that I not only logged 18 miles but eac...

It could be the change in temperature or the accumulation of fatigue over a marathon training cycle but, regardless, my body has been tired ...

The 20-miler, it is done. I'm not sure there are ever sweeter words said during marathon training (emphasis on training) than having...

Some notes from the week ... Double down . I brought back two-a-days. Woo hoo! After discovering it was very difficult for me to get in 8 ...

The skin is missing on at least two of my toes and there are blisters on several others. I have open sores on my hip (medial, left iliac cre...

This week was the game changer. After running for nearly a month with some sort of pain, my hip decided to get with the program. There was...

Motherhood cramps my running style. There's just no other way I can put it. For good or bad, better or worse, having a child - and a y...