Surprise! We did our very first international half marathon! Our philosophy for vacation has always been, "how much stuff can we pack into a trip to make it as crazy as possible." At the end of May, Ellie and I went on an amazing two week voyage to the United Kingdom with our awesome friend [...]
First! The server exploded, sorry about that. We had a prolonged downtime this week (the first since starting the blog up!) due to some hardware failures. Once the hardware was fixed, I had a heck of a time getting the settings working with our network again. Let me know if there are any lingering effects! [...]
With 75 days left until race day, roughly half-way through our 20 week program, I thought it would be a nice time to sit down and look at how things have gone so far. Highs - I think Ellie would agree, that last weeks 10k (6.25) mile run was easily our best run of our [...]
Three years ago, on September 28, 2011, our fist post went live. What started out as a simple idea between Brian and I to get a handle on our waistlines turned out to be a major game changer for ourselves, friends, and families. Since starting the blog, collectively we have run: the B.A.A 5k, 10k, and Half [...]
Today is an exciting day. I am kicking off my Half Marathon training today and I’m actually pretty excited. I have slightly modified a Hal Higdon training (because his 10k training I used worked really well!) to be a couple weeks longer, so I start out a little bit slower. I pretty much took last [...]
Today is an exciting day. I am kicking off my Half Marathon training today and I’m actually pretty excited. I have slightly modified a Hal Higdon training (because his 10k training I used worked really well!) to be a couple weeks longer, so I start out a little bit slower. I pretty much took last [...]
Now that the 10k is over, I can relax, right? Well...maybe for a week. Then its back to a strict training schedule to get ready for the Half Marathon. It may be in October, but as anyone who is thinking, “wow! it’s almost July!” can attest to, time flies. So it’s time to get ready. [...]
It has come to my attention that there is a half marathon, greater than all previous half marathons before it. This one lets you finish at the 50 yard line of the Buffalo Bills Stadium. The Fifty Yard Finish Half Marathon at the end of June has easily the coolest of all cool race perks. See yourself [...]
There is nothing quite like wrapping up your last major long run before a big race. There is a sense of validation that washes over you as you stumble up the three flights of stairs, completely in need of a big glass of water. A post-workout stretch and a nice, big smoothie packed with strawberries, [...]
This past weekend was pretty action-packed! There will be a race recap tomorrow, once I get all of the media-associated files together! This past weekend also marked the final month to go before our next major race, the Buffalo Half Marathon! We are getting into some of the longer runs of our training now, having [...]
