Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m., I woke to the sound of the National Anthem. Since I wake up before 6 a.m. on most days, including Saturdays, Sundays are my day to sleep in! Being woken up at 6:30 was not pleasant, but soon I came to the conclusion that there was nothing I could do about the commotion …
Archives for May 2011
The LONG Run (and I mean REALLY long!)
Saturday was our longest run to date, and the longest run we will do before the marathon (which is now a little less than 3 weeks away –eek!). The Long Run is arguably the most important run for any one training for a marathon. Surprisingly, it’s not the physical test of endurance that is important, …
Burnt Out
These past two weeks have been pretty brutal in a lot of respects. Not only have they been the two hardest weeks of my marathon training (ie highest mileage), I have been getting in at least 3 P90X workouts per week and have been doing overtime at work. I also did some volunteer work on Saturday …