Make It a Masterpiece

Friday, October 25, 2013: I run faster on the indoor YMCA track, for some reason.  Outdoors on the blacktop trails I like to run/walk a ra...

We three live less than two hours from Mankato, so this one was easier than most.  We drove to Mankato, attended the expo, drove the course,...

Each run 2.51 miles long.  This is a strange way to taper, but it's what happened this week.  Run/walks ranged from 30/20 down to 20/20,...

Monday, Oct 14, 2013: Cool, breezy run in the park.  Today we just wanted to stretch our muscles a bit, so they wouldn't forget how to...

Marathon number 74 is in the bag.  I'm not delighted with my race, but it will do - I got under the race time limit of six hours, with a...

As usual we ran in the park, on the paved trails.  The trails that we like best have sort of a figure-8 shape, and the distance around the e...

I believe in running a short distance of four to six miles fairly hard about a week before a marathon. Yesterday I ran five miles, and toda...