Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #7
Josh showed up at College for the first time late last week so I told him I would go ahead and leave a post for him this week since he was totally swamped with school stuff. He may be able to get in a post for you in the next few days so make sure [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #6
This last week of training has been the most challenging week for me so far, both mentally and physically. On the physical side of things I got my first taste of what it means to have a distance-runner pain symptom. In all the time that I have run distance I have never experienced anything quite [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #5
For this past week of training I began to focus more on what to eat before going on my runs. The other day I read an article from Runner’s World Magazine that talked about how to “Snack Smart” before and after running, so I thought I would give it a try. The Article goes on [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #4
This past week of training was the best I have felt yet. The progression I have been going through has helped me gradually increase my mileage each week while still maintaining a pace of seven minute miles, or faster. This reminds me of an article from USA Track and Field titled “Run slowly Race slowly” [...]
Josh’s Quest for the Boston Marathon Part #3. What time of day do you run?
Marathon Update #3: What time of day do you run? This week was one of the hottest weeks I can ever remember having! That’s just one more reason I am so happy the Portland Marathon is in October, at 7am in the morning when it’s nice and cool. Despite the heat I managed to have [...]