jokach's marathon training blog

Another decent week of running has gone by, and I think i'm to a point that I've got my base mileage down pretty good. I figure 5 weeks of building up mileage is making a daily 6 miler pretty easy nowadays, with a slightly longer run on a Wednesday. Unfo… more »

I kind of had an interesting run today since I was off for Presidents Day, I decided to try and get my longer run in so I can cut back a little later in the week since its supposed to get a bit colder in the mornings as the week goes on. I got a few mile… more »

So I wrapped up my longest weekend of running this past week, and most miles i've run in awhile (hit 43.5 miles this week). My 14.1 miler yesterday and an 8 miler today marks the point now where I need to start working harder. I did struggle towards the… more »

I've gotten several emails and comments asking what my strategy is to deal with the cold.. So i'll sum up what I do to prepare for the cold. Note that I live in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania (Allentown area), so cold for me might not be as cold for w… more »

So first I have to go on about how I hate when you check The Weather Channel or any other weather sources, and they tell you one thing, and the weather is just WRONG, just plain wrong from what they say. The story goes that I checked around 8:45am this m… more »

I made a smart move and did not head for a run yesterday due to the pain in my lower back, I guess it was a little more serious than I thought (or I made it worse by not resting it when I should have). It seems to have healed up pretty good and I got out… more »

I wrote yesterday how I managed to get in 4.25 miles with my back in pain ... well, I was feeling pretty good this morning when i got up so I headed out for more. I got in 5.25 miles this morning and came back in a little more pain then I headed out with… more »

As I wrote yesterday, I had a great 13.3 mile run and expected to follow it today with another 8 miler, until I got up and realized I had back pain again. You can read about my ongoing struggles with back pain starting here, here, here, here, here,… more »

I'm thankful that I got through my 13 miler today (actually 13.3 miles) because I started the day with some bad luck ... I had what some what would say "stomach distress" about 20 minute before I headed out. It delayed me for over 45 minutes before I was… more »

I certainly earned my day off from working out again this week. I am on target to hit 40+ miles this week as long as the weekend holds out .. thankfully it appears the weather is going to warm up to more seasonable conditions, which will help my efforts.… more »

I got a good chuckle this morning while I was running after a brief coating of snow fell last night .. I caught a view of about 5 or 6 sets of footprints in the snow, all going different directions (this was all before 6am this morning), it was kind of c… more »