The Lehigh Valley Half Marathon is one of the more popular half marathons in my general area. It’s also a pretty elite field as far as half marathons go. It’s a fun race, with lots of bands on the course, a covered bridge to run through, a nice run through a park, and hot food [...]

Logan’s Run is a race that’s close to my heart.  It was the first race I ever participated in.  The first year for this race, there were maybe 50 people, and that’s being generous.  Four years later, this race has expanded into almost 300 participants (not including walkers), and this year there were so many [...]

It’s official.  I’m registered for the 34th Annual Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 25.  I’m really excited to finally be taking this journey, and I feel ready for the serious training and more miles than I have ever done in my life that are waiting for me over the next months.  It’s also a little [...]

This week marks the half-way point of my training for the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon.  Things have been going really well since The Laminator stepped in as my virtual coach.  I had one of the best long runs of my life last weekend, nine miles holding at a pace 30 seconds per mile faster than [...]

I had a great time at the Jingle Bell 5k for Arthritis this past Saturday.  It was a freezing start – the high on Saturday was only 35, and it was probably hovering around 30 when the race was beginning.  I actually wore running tights in public, and although I was not pleased about it, [...]

I have to say I was really excited to run the 5k Run for Catie this past Saturday.  Catie is a local girl who was diagnosed with a spinal tumor recently, and all the proceeds from this race went straight to her family to defray medical costs.  I really love races like this because it [...]

I woke up yesterday to pouring rain – it was dark and dreary and cold and disgusting and I almost didn’t go to the race at all.  I still have a lot of gunk in my chest from the bad cold I’ve had for the last week, and I really didn’t think it would help [...]