In honor of my walking the Columbus Marathon Half tomorrow, this blog post will feature hints for what to do the day before a big race. Get plenty of rest. If you are like me, you will not sleep well the night […]
I’m not sure if this is an egret, heron or crane, but I saw it today. I was scheduled to walk just 30 min. at an easy pace today. Because it was beautiful this evening I went to Griggs Reservoir to walk […]
The changing leaves are a sure sign of fall. It was so hard to get out of bed this morning to walk. The weather was rotten Friday and Saturday with lots of rain and clouds, and I expected it to be just […]
Monday I planned to do my regular speed workout. I didn’t sleep well the night before and I did an intense 12 miles Saturday, so I was a little more tired on Monday than usual. So, I altered my plan from the […]
Yesterday was our longest walk before the Columbus Marathon (Half) in October. Deb and I wanted to do 12 miles, so our plan was to walk straight out on the Alum Creek Trail for 90 min. and turn around for a total […]
I’ll admit it — today a lot of the Buckeye Striders were going to be out of town, so Deb and I went to a different location for the Saturday morning walk. (I know, it was divisive.) We were scheduled to do […]
For years I have listened to audiobooks to keep me going on my long walks. Over the years I’ve been told music is better for maintaining a fast pace. I’m not really into current music, so it has been difficult for me […]
It was cold and wet Monday morning, so I postponed my training walk until nearly noon. I was scheduled to do 8 miles and just could not do that much mileage in my neighborhood. I finally went to Antrim Park which has […]
You gotta love a taper week! Yesterday we stepped down our training miles to only 8. (I just LOVE saying I walked ONLY 8 miles.) Yep, this is the official taper week before the Parkersburg Half Marathon! At 7 a.m. we started […]