This one is out there a ways… When I run the East Hampton Half Marathon on October 2 I would like to qualify for the New York Half Marathon (the Long Island event is a sanctioned qualifier). For my age group the time is 1 hour 48 minutes!

So today I run my first race – the Battle Day 5K. Should be fun and give me a read on where I really am with getting fitter and faster!

My Shoes

Yesterday the hip finally felt good enough (read, “not as painful”) to go out for a walk. I slipped my feet into my running shoes and I stroll-limped down to Jensen’s Restaurant to get coffee and a muffin – no running yet. I sat near the woodstove which radiated a penetrating heat and [...]

Youth Rally last night, big crowd, went great but toward the end I tripped over my own feet in front of everyone and fell on my left hip. The floor in our fellowship hall is very hard - vinyl tile on concrete. The impact took my breath away. For a minute I thought I was [...]

Ran 8.8 miles Saturday – a nice long run although I want to run the full race distance at least once before race day on April 25. I thought the next hill I would tackle would be Bank St. but wound up running out Rte 67A toward N. Bennington on Sat. When I made [...]

So I’m thinking “I have to get stronger!” The La jolla half marathon is considered a pretty difficult half because it has some hills. One in particular is somewhat daunting – almost a mile long with a vertical rise of 420′. Been looking for a comparable hill to train on – Ran the museum hill [...]

Okay, so this week begins the countdown on my 10 week training program for the La Jolla half marathon. Pretty much 5 miles a day except for a longer run on Saturdays. Today is the first day that includes any speed work. Of course, at my age speed is a relative term.

Still running on [...]

It is now about 11 weeks from the La Jolla half marathon. I am amping up my training – after perusing a number of training schedules I have selected one that will gradually take me from where I am to a higher level of speed and proficiency. It will do this by increasing the [...]

So here I am, 60 years old, doing something I never thought I would – running! Running a lot – about 5 days a week totaling about 20 miles a week now and looking to increase it (I know some people run much farther every week). “What am I thinking?” I say to [...]

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