Today’s 8-mile walk was partially a recovery walk after last weekend’s half marathon and partially a regular long slow distance day in preparation for the Columbus Marathon (Half) October 18. Regardless, we had not intended to push hard today. I thought it […]
I’ve completed a full marathon only twice in my walking career — both at the U.S. Air Force Marathon in Dayton, OH. The half marathon distance was introduced here a couple years ago, and I’ve entered it several times. Both are great […]
Buckeye Striders before the U.S. Air Force Half Marathon from left to right: Peggy, me, Nancy, Laura, Elaine, Catherine, Barbara and Barb. The temperatures were in the mid-50s when 8 members of the Buckeye Striders lined up for the US Air Force […]
Did you ever wake up, go outside and think: This is a great day for a race! Well, I did — TODAY! The cool thing is, we should have the exact same weather tomorrow in Dayton. [Yes, I’m a little excited!] (394)
This is going to be pretty hard to believe — at least for the women who read this blog. But here goes. Because I’m very excited about the U.S. Air Force Marathon (Half) this weekend, I drove to Dayton tonight to pick […]
Today I just walked to the library and back for two very easy miles. My legs felt so heavy, I couldn’t believe it! I probably say this before every race, but they felt particularly heavy today and the walk was almost uncomfortable. […]
We did our last long slow distance training walk before next week’s Air Force Half Marathon. We started at the Columbus Park of Roses, got on the bike trail and headed north. There were no mile markers near our start point and […]
I just realized that I have not reported on any training walks since the Parkersburg Half Marathon. I’ll just skip the everyday stuff and hit the long slow days. We decided that because we are doing three half marathons over 8 weeks, […]
Until this week, I had never watched the TV show Shark Tank. Shark Tank is a reality show where entrepreneurs face a panel of potential investors (sharks) and try to convince them to invest in their company. I had the show on […]
[Edited – Aug 31, 2009] I recently had an unpleasant experience working a water stop during a race. I’ve been thinking about how I would address this issue for a while. I want to make my point, but I don’t want to […]
