Just came home from the Detroit Marathon. Thanks to all for your help, comments and well wishes! It was a perfect day for the race and I did the very best I could. Well I didn’t get my time, but I am 4 minutes better than last year. Official Chip Time 4:10:44. I am still [...]

Check out this cool time enhanced video of the Chicago Marathon. Thanks RunnersWorld!

For the last two and half weeks I have been thinking. Thinking about the race. Am I ready? Did I train enough? Will it rain? What are these pains? The taper time in training for a long distance race, for me, is filled with anxiety. When your building up your distance running, it seems you [...]

Here I am at week Nine and Ten of training for the Detroit Marathon. For those who maybe coming to the blog for the first time, this series is about my quest to finish the Detroit Marathon in under four hours (check out the other chapters if you would like to catch up). This will probably [...]

At the beginning of every endeavor there comes a point where you encounter the “hill” or proverbial obstacle. For the average runner training for the marathon the hill begins now! That “hill” I speak about is probably mileage for most of us. Some new Marathoners come from those that have just completed the half, a fantastic accomplishment. [...]