Lots top catch up on! Saturday we did 8 miles on a multi-use trail along the Olentangy River. It was hot and we took it easy. I tried to sprint for the last 1/4 mile and did OK. The Parkersburg Half Marathon […]

I am not the most techno-savvy athlete. Though I use sport watches and a HR monitor, one of the many reasons I like walking is that it doesn’t require a lot of gadgets. With a good pair of shoes and good socks […]

In preparation for Parkersburg,  I have replaced speed days for hill workouts. Parkersburg is very hilly, and the half marathon is August 20. It will be hot. With that in mind, I followed through with my plan to do hills at Griggs […]

Because I do a lot of half marathons, I always get a thrill when I reach the 10-mile training days! There are several reasons: Not just anyone can walk 10 miles. It takes training and dedication to work my way up to […]

Tuesday’s speed workout was 8 X 1/4 miles. (Though typically they are 400s on a track, I have mental issues with tracks.) Though not a fan of intervals, I know doing them is the only way I will get faster. My goal […]

Even though preparing for a race keeps me motivated over the long-haul, sometimes I still have those days when I just do not want to get in my training miles. In my case, it is the speed workouts — or interval training […]

Sunday Deb and I were able to squeeze in our scheduled 8-miles — one day late. It was very hot and humid — the exact weather I’m expecting for the Parkersburg Half Marathon in August. Because it was so hot and humid, […]

Though I have completed more than 20 half marathons, I’m not good at training. Let me clarify — I’m very good at getting in the weekly long-distance mileage, I’m horrible at getting in the mid-week speed workouts. So this year, because I […]

It was raining when I got off work yesterday, so I didn’t go to the high school to do my 8 X 400s. In fact, I was expecting to not do them at all. But it was fairly early when the rain […]

Saturday, the Buckeye Striders took a road trip to Chillicothe to walk with our good friend Pat and her new walking friends. The park we started in near the Adena Mansion was beautiful! As we went along, we enjoyed walking through the […]