Sorry I’ve been lax in blogging lately. Just extraordinarily busy with work, family, and church. Saturday I ran the same 11-mile loop through several parks as I did last Saturday. Only this…
Author: Paul
Marathon Training Update: Sick and Back
Tuesday, for the first time in my 7 weeks of marathon training, I missed a training run. Monday night I was heading back from an evening at my parents’ house and started to get…
Marathon Training Update: Mapping Runs and Determining Distance
Saturday morning I was getting ready for my long run – 11 miles this time. Last week I did a 10 mile run by running a 3.3 mile loop three times so I could…
Research Shows Exercise Improves Brain Function
“Conventional wisdom had long held that animal (and human) brains weren’t malleable: after a brief window early in life, the brain could no longer grow or renew itself. The supply of neurons…
Marathon Training Update: Does training with others help?
This morning I did another short run of 5 miles, this time in 41 minutes, shaving 2 minutes off my Tuesday time. I am getting close to a sentimental goal for my 5…
America’s First Diet Fork
If you’re drinking something, make sure you swallow first before reading this or you may end up wiping down your computer screen as I almost had to this morning… Get ready for…
Does Marathon Training Build or Reveal Character?
A couple of weeks ago in one of the forum discussions I initiated about The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer Book, someone commented, “Still trying to figure out why a non-runner would be training…
Marathon Training Update: 10 Mile Milestone
Saturday I crossed the 10-mile milestone with my long run. One of the cool things about the training is that every week I set a new personal distance record. I found the discussion about…
Being First to Be Third
One of the principles I try to live my life by is to put God first, others second, and myself last. (If you don’t believe in God, substitute “principles” for “God” and…
Marathon training: Are you associative or disassociative?
This morning I had a great 5 mile run. I was not trying to run faster but I ended up finishing in 43 minutes which is the best pace of any run…