The weather was beautiful for yesterday’s Air Force Marathon! The temperature was about 50 when we arrived at the parking lot about 90 minutes before the start of the half marathon. The full marathon started at 7:30, the half at 8:30. Deb, […]
I missed yesterday’s training walk with the Buckeye Striders because of rain. I know that seems funny considering I walked in rain last weekend, but there is a difference. This week it was pouring before we started — last week it started […]
Today the plan was to simply do three laps at Antrim Park. After the first lap, my heart rate was barely over 100 bpm and I did not feel as if I was working very hard. I picked up the pace while […]
It was very humid and overcast today as several of the Buckeye Striders met at 7:00 Saturday morning to do our long mileage on the Olentangy Trail. For three of us, this is our last long day before the Air Force Half […]
Sharon Woods is always beautiful. The shade really helped. Today I went to Sharon Woods for an 8-mile long-distance training walk. As I’ve mentioned before, my training is a little bit off right now, so 8 miles is a pretty good stepping […]
Several years ago I weighed myself dozens of times a day. About a year ago I decided to lose a couple of pounds to improve my racewalking speed. Losing about 5 12 lbs. and training better did help my speed quite a […]
Over the last couple of weeks, Ohio has had unbearable heat, I took a vacation to a place with even worse heat, I’ve been over-worked and then I started to feel sick. Yesterday, the temps were mild, I felt great, I was […]
We are in Oklahoma for a family reunion. Most of my husband’s family lives west of the Mississippi with many of them in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. (My in-laws were from Cherokee, OK.) I knew it tends to be hotter out […]
The Buckeye Striders met at Sharon Woods park today to do our long slow distance. Several of us training for the Air Force Marathon (Half) were scheduled to do 8 miles today, so we started at 7 a.m. When I say we […]
For today’s speed workout, I wanted to see how fast I could walk a measured 1/4 mile. There are 1/4 mile marks along the roads at Griggs Reservoir, so I did the workout there. After a 1-mile warm up, I walked as […]