I’m not really looking forward to the next phase in my training. The taper. The taper is when I should taper off my training and not run as far, or as fast, or as often. This is what I’ll be doing for the last two weeks before the half-marathon. The goal of the taper is [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
17 Days left! Almost Time to Taper
Cold Running: Gloves Make the Difference
photo credit: Seb….
Monday morning, I set out to run and it was about 35 degrees outside. I’ve never run when it was that cold. I layered up with long pants, long sleeve tech shirt, sweat shirt and a stocking cap. I didn’t find any gloves the first time I looked, so I went out [...]
Time to Check Your Smoke Detectors!
photo credit: mag3737
I can’t believe it! I missed Fire Prevention Week this year. James at Nobody’s Listening drew a comic that reminded me to do this post. I know I haven’t done this in a while, but I’m going to remind you to check your smoke detectors. I’m going to try to get ours checked [...]
250 Miles!
That’s right! According to a message I got from Lance Armstrong this morning when I finished my run, I’ve covered 250 miles since I started running with my Nike+ on June 15th, 2008. It’s been fun, and I’m definitely looking forward to the next 250. Over the last 4 months, I’ve increased my weekly run [...]