Mar 05
Believe it or not I am getting used to this idea that running slower is okay to do and is not a sign of weakness or injury. Wrapping my head around that huge philosophical shift was tough, but finally I am getting it. Today while I was running slow, I did work on my midfoot …
Mar 05
Last week I got some GREAT news that was very unexpected. Let me back up a little, so that you understand why it was unexpected, but very cool. My blog’s name “A Veteran Runnah”, especially the Veteran part is actually a play on words and has three meanings. 1. I am a runner who has been …
Mar 04
I started my modified Hanson training plan today and while I am excited with the idea that I actually have a plan that will provide some structure to my training through June, I am also worrying about how I will adapt to having this much structure. Especially since I haven’t had much structure to my …
Mar 03
I ran with the wife for the first time in around 5 years today and you know something – it was great. Over the past 5 years either I have been injured or she wasn’t running due to health concerns. Well she started running a little while ago and today our schedules finally synced up. …
Mar 02
After my 10 miles on the treadmill in my new Altra Superior’s, I wanted to get them outside where they belong. It was a perfect day to see how they would do on a wet nasty, snowy flurry kind of day. I planned on going at a 9:00 to 10:00 minute pace and not trying …
Mar 01
It is the end of February and I get to do a quick look back and think about the progress I have made for getting ready to run the Marine Corps Marathon in October. It is hard to believe that in just over 6 months I will be running a marathon again. I have some …
Feb 28
This morning, I went for my usual treadmill run (a good thing freezing rain and nasty road conditions out there). Due to the quad issues I am having, I was happy that it was an easy 5.0 that I had scheduled and planned stop at that point. Yes I am trying that running smarter and listen …
Feb 27
I bought the Hanson’s Marathon Method book by Luke Humphrey with Keith & Kevin Hanson, from Amazon a few weeks ago and have been reading it and re-reading it. Have you ever read a book and all of a sudden, something that you didn’t quite “get”, suddenly became crystal clear. This is something I wrote …
