Dave McGovern Comes to Columbus

Dave McGovern, racewalking coach extraordinaire, will be in Columbus this weekend for a walking clinic! I’ve never been to one of Dave’s clinics — I have been to Jonathon Matthews and Bonnie Stein. I’m very excited. I can’t wait to be a […]

Read More

Teleseminar Sidelines Walk

I had a ton of mail to get out tonight, and got most of it to the PO. Great! Then I called into a teleseminar about how to get on national TV. The seminar started out OK, but covered a lot of […]

Read More

45 min Easy

For my 45 min tonight, my daughter and I went to Antrim Park and walked twice around the lake. I parked in the upper parking lot to give us a little more opportunity to warm up, but because we walked somewhat casually, […]

Read More

Today’s Speed Workout

We did 8 X 400 at our 5K pace today. [8 laps of 400 meters (1/4 mile)with a 2-min rest between]Lap 1 3:33Lap 2 3:34Lap 3 3:33Lap 4 3:23Lap 5 3:35Lap 6 3:33Lap 7 3:29 Lap 8 3:21 At our fastest, we […]

Read More

Too Many Shoes?

I think I may officially own too many pairs of shoes. Part of the problem is, I don’t like to throw the worn pairs away. I keep thinking that if I have to paint or mow the lawn, I need to keep […]

Read More

Early Saturday — Great Walk!

The Buckeye Striders had a great turnout at 7:30 a.m. today for our weekly walk! We usually meet to walk at 8, but because several of us are training for the New Albany Half, we needed to get in 6 miles today […]

Read More

Tonight’s Speed Workout

3 X 1 miles. I waited until nearly 9:20 to go out to walk. It wasn’t an intentional delay, I ended up buying shoes, then eating dinner, checking e-mail… before I knew it, it was late! This is exactly why we are […]

Read More

New Shoes

I am trying out a new pair of “half marathon” shoes. As many of you may know, I tend to get too light of shoes for longer distances. This pair is a little bit heavy and very cushy. They feel great! I’ll […]

Read More

What’s on Your MP3 Player?

I’m always curious about what people have on their MP3 players. I personally don’t like listening to music when I’m walking — I almost always have a good audio book on mine. (I know, I’m boring.) So, what is on your MP3 […]

Read More

Shoe Reviews Requested

Anyone want to review their shoes for the Fall issue of WALK! Magazine? Due to popular demand, we have added a smaller shoe review section to our Fall issue. If anyone is interested in reviewing their shoes for this issue, please let […]

Read More