Dec 21
This morning I learned that I was nominated in the Most Inspirational Blog category for the 2012 #RunChat Blog Awards. Needless to say I am very honored and humbled to have been nominated, especially in this category and as much as I would really love to win this award, I believe that another blogger and frequent #RunChat …
Nov 11
Todays was the weekly Central Maine Striders Group Run, while the turnout out was small, it was great weather for a run this time of year. Patrick and I ran this course from Colby and we got to know one another a little better. There is nothing like talking while running to get to know …
Nov 04
I continued my running rest streak to 8 days and then I just had to run. I had planned to do a full 10 days off, but by Thursday, I just needed to run and did. Honestly, I figured that an extra 2 days wasn’t going to make that big of a difference, since I …
Jun 28
This was a two run day, which wasn’t all that bad, but I learned something very important tonight. After finishing tonight, my feet felt as though someone had beat them with a ballpeen hammer. I haven’t experienced that feeling with these shoes before, but even with a few hours in between the runs, my feet …
Jun 28
This morning I was in Augusta doing some stuff around the town, so I figured that I would stop and run the Bond Brook Recreation Area 5K loop. I still don’t really know the course yet and was just guessing on which trails it was on.
Jun 27
What’s going on? I have been trying different themes as I approach my 6 month anniversary of blogging on WordPress.com as my blog host. To attempt to give A Veteran Runnah a slightly different look. The old theme was boxy and a little boring to me. Each of the others that I have tried so …
Jun 27
I purposely am trying to keep all but 2 runs a week in the 9:00 to 10:00 minute pace per mile range for a while and really start to focus on my form again. Over the past couple of weeks I found that I was trying to run too fast, too often and that my …
Jun 26
Today was a scheduled recovery day after yesterday’s long run, so I planned on doing an easy 3-4 miles at around a 10:00 minute pace. The weather cooperated and the downpour slowed up to a nice steady rain, which I actually love to run in this time of year. The rain makes the humidity just …
