What Now?

After Savageman, I put away the bike and focused on running. I still hoped that I might get a shot at a the marathon this year. I was so ready for the National Marathon in March until I got sick. So I thought why not shoot for a fall race. I [...]

I Walk a Lonely Road

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don’t know where it goes
But it’s home to me and I walk alone
- Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
That’s not necessarily true but at times, when I’m training for events, it feels that way. I s’pose it all goes back to June 25, [...]

SavageMan Training and Fundraising

On August 15, a group of friends from the Mid MD Tri Club headed to Deep Creek Lake for some pre-race training. By 12:40 pm we had checked in to the campground and were heading out on our bikes to tackle the brutal 56 mile course.

I did the race in each of the first [...]

It’s Taper Time!

Well all the long runs are in the bag and now comes the time to obsess about things beyond my control. Am I ready? Can I really hold that pace? How big are those hills? What will the weather be like?, etc.
But so far that’s not happening. Probably [...]

Recapping the Past Month

For the most part I’ve done well in getting outdoors for the long runs but the weekly runs were all on the treadmill save for my President’s Day run. Three weeks ago I set out to run 20. It was cold and windy but I was doing fine, until I returned to the [...]

Someone Needs to Get Outside

In the past three weeks, all but two two of my 12 runs have been on the treadmill. And prior to that I seemed to spend more time on the trails than the road. I’m pretty sure the marathon I plan to run in March will be on the pavement, not a treadmill [...]

It Feels Great to Feel Great

Yeah, I know, so profound.  But it’s true.  Especially considering I felt like crap for almost three weeks.   A sinus infection left me tired and too weak to do much of anything.  I managed two runs during a two week period, the longest of which was a slow 6.9 miles.  And then a week ago, on 11/11, I [...]

Run. Drive. Sleep? Repeat – Ragnar Relay

Five days after Savageman I found myself heading back out to western Maryland. This time in a van with 5 other runners and a driver. We were van #2 of the Bleekers, a team of 12 runners and two drivers that were running from Cumberland, MD to DC in the Ragnar Relay. [...]

An ‘08 Challenge?

That is the question I now face. The ‘07 Challenge was a success and I have the desire to do something again this year. But it’s getting late in the year and I wonder if I have the time to train for a challenge. And if I do, will it have to [...]

RFL and RAAM

No, RFL and RAAM are not some hip IM or text-messaging words. At least not is this context.
RFL – Cancer doesn’t Sleep
The Relay for Life was held last Friday and Saturday (June 6 & 7) in Columbia, MD.  A member of the Mid Maryland Triathlon Club, Melissa Simmens, was to run for 12 hours [...]