Run with Perseverance

A few year-end running reflections on New Year's Eve. My aim in running is to simply run.  People ask me why I run and I simply shrug ...

Since 2007, I've been using  Jeff Galloway's   Run/Walk/Run method as my key strategy in training and in races longer than a half-m...

ORN:  16.2 miles, 2:59:31, R/W 4/1, 11:05/mile One of the benefits of blogging is the record.  Much like the diary or personal journal of ...

While preparing for the Illinois Marathon last April, I got a note from fellow Marathon Maniac and Illinois resident Scott Dahl , setting ...

ORN: 7.8 miles total, w/ 5x1 mile itervals @ 8:15 ave No matter how long I run, surprises still come along; it's sweet when the surpris...

ORN: 7 miles total, 5x1 mile intervals, ave 8:37 On the last day of the year, a few reflections on the year in running. Races . Short race...

The last day of the year. Just a moment to reflect. Overall, I was pleased with the year. Four marathons, two half-marathons, a 10K and a ...

ORN: 11.4 miles, R4/W1, 1:57:24, 10:18/mile Lately, running has been good while blogging has been bad. I'm just really enjoying running ...

ORN: 7.0 miles, 1:09:17, R3/W1, 9:54/mile, pain free Goals are important. And not just vague conceptual thoughts about targets. Many studi...

ORN: 6.2 miles, R3/W1 I’ve been holding off publishing any plans for 2009. I knew what I wanted to do but wasn’t sure at all what I could...

ORN: 5.2 miles, 52:18, R3/W1, 10:04/mile The drive home from Huntsville, Alabama a little over a year ago was a long one and not just becau...

ORN: 6.7 miles total; 5x1 mile intervals @ 8:26 (Note:  I updated this report on December 4, 2011, with 5 years experience.  Click here f...

ORN: 20.3 miles, 3:31:08, R4/W1, 10:25/mile What a wonderful morning for a long training run. The twenty felt good…pace held up well. My leg...

ORN: 9 miles with 7x1 Mile intervals @ 8:28 What a fantastic morning to run! Temps were near 60, no wind, blue sky just after dawn. Mile ...

ORN: 5.2 miles, 49:34, R6/W1, 9:33/mile About 3 hours into last Saturday’s 22 mile run, I mulled just why an otherwise seemingly sane man w...

ORN: Rest Day Sat down last weekend with my trusty running calendar, training schedules and started noodling on races for the rest of the y...

ORN: 2.5 miles One of the fun things about running locally is our running club’s annual “Run in The New Year” or RITNY, race. RITNY got star...

ORN: 8.6 miles, 1:37:11, 4R/1W then 1/1, 11:18/mile I’ve done a lot of thinking and analyzing following last Saturday’s Rocket City Marathon...

ORN: Saturday—9.1 miles total, with 6 mile repeats @ 8:45 I had a long, deeply profound post composed in my mind about the impact of the te...

ORN: 20.25 miles, 3:44:08, 11:04/mile When I laid out my current training schedule to build to Rocket City Marathon on December 8, it was o...