What now? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself quite a bit lately now that I’m in between training cycles. With the marathon behind me and looking forward to some faster races in the spring/summer, I’m having some trouble coming up with an answer. I shared already how bulking provided a new training stimulus and…

As I said in previous blogs, I decided to spend the weeks/months after marathon training bulking. My goal was to build as much muscle as possible while gaining as little fat as possible simultaneously. This was not going to be a “dirty” bulk, a term I learned recently which basically sounds like eating junk food…

I wanted to dedicate a blog specifically to a full mile by mile breakdown to provide some context and talk about some of the lessons I learned throughout the training process. I’m writing today to give a full breakdown of the race. My brain has been scrambled in the couple of weeks since I ran,…

26.22 miles. 4 hours 11 minutes 22 seconds. 6 Honey Stinger gels. 4 swigs of Powerade. 1,094.77 miles run in training. 165 hours 50 minutes 19 seconds in total. 93.75% of scheduled workouts completed. 23 speed training sessions. Longest distance run in training: 19.9 miles (1.8 miles of this during a game of ultimate frisbee)…

10/26 The knee is still stiff but getting better. I’ve noticed that if I’m sitting with the knee bent more than 90 degrees, it’s really hard to stretch it back out so I’m trying to keep the leg straight as much as possible. I am going to run 2 miles after church this afternoon to…

10/12 It’s Sunday! Unfortunately the kids are still sick so we decided to stay home from church. We got a great night of sleep last night so I feel really good as I continue to recover from yesterday’s long run. A buddy from high school is driving through Springfield today with his wife so he’s…