Today was a scheduled day of rest. However, I was feeling a little bit antsy and it was a beautiful day, so I did an easy 2-mile walk to the library. The sun was shining and the temps were mild. (Having an […]

Today’s 8-mile walk was partially a recovery walk after last weekend’s half marathon and partially a regular long slow distance day in preparation for the Columbus Marathon (Half) October 18. Regardless, we had not intended to push hard today. I thought it […]

When my walking mileage suddenly decreases, like taper week, I tend to get antsy legs. It’s hard to sit still, I feel like I need to get up and walk around, sometimes they even ache. To help alleviate the aggravation, I took […]

We walked “only” 8 miles today. I love it when I can say that — “only” 8 miles. We’ll reduce our mileage this week then the Parkersburg Half Marathon is next Saturday! Woo hoo! Whether you are increasing your mileage working up […]

The Parkersburg Half Marathon isn’t for another 10 days but I’ve been taking it a little easier this week. (Normally, I don’t start to taper or walk easy until the week of the event.) Yesterday, I didn’t do a speed workout because […]

I cannot believe that I am sore today. The good news is, I’m a good sore. The bad news is, I was not sore last week after walking the exact same distance. I have to assume that the reason I’m sore is […]

Normally when we walk starting at Tuttle Park, we head north toward Clintonville and after half an hour we turn around. In fact, several of us decided we really don’t like walking there for long distances because we always turned around after […]

Did my speed workout a little differently tonight. Instead of walking a quarter mile as fast as possible, I decided to walk as fast as possible for a set time. Because I hovered around 3 minutes for a quarter mile last week, […]

Just did a couple of easy miles today. The temps were perfect for walking! Nice and cool in the low 70s. Unfortunately, I was feeling somewhat wiped out from the day. I decided to listen to my tired self and take it […]

Those of us planning to do the Parkersburg Half Marathon this month did a 10-mile training walk yesterday. The weather was perfect! The temps were mild (slightly chilly) when we started at 6:45 and the morning was sunny and beautiful. We started […]