jokach's marathon training blog

I wrote on my twitter page this morning about how HOT it is again today. I don't think that my body is ready to deal with the heat, its more used to the cold these days ... but I think this feeling hits every spring into summer transition. I know for the… more »

This weekend is offering up to be the hottest weekend so far this year, offering up temperatures in the 80's .. thankfully I got out early this morning to get my 16 miler in (actually I ended up doing 16.4 miles). I continued training my long runs on the… more »

I've earned my day off today by running 12 days straight but am suffering from some soreness around my tailbone. it doesn't hurt, but is real sore since Wednesday night. I was able to get out and run yesterday without any issue, its just kind of uncomfor… more »

The emails from the Lehigh Valley Half are coming in like crazy, it must mean its almost race time. I've had a great couple of workouts so far this week, especially this morning when I decided to run my usual 6 mile course backwards, and add a mile to it… more »

I wrapped up the weekend with another 10 miler ... I actually ran from Allentown to Bethlehem and back .. (well, the edge of Allentown to the edge of Bethlehem). The flat courses give me confidence, but the thing thats killing me right now is that I can'… more »

Two updates in one day?? Wow, cool... Its official, i'm registered as supporter #61 for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon (note the name change on the marathon) on 9/13 ... i'm excited... i've also registered for the lottery for the New York M… more »

I had a great 14.5 miler today, the best i've had so far this year, and it was the perfect thing I needed to get my motivation back. I also think that I found out why I ended up losing my motivation a few weeks back ... so to start, my course today was f… more »

I've suddenly gotten the motivation to commit myself to at least 1 fall marathon, if not 2 fall marathons, we'll just have to see. The nice folks at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon for Via continue to send reminders of the course changes and other gr… more »

I realized today that the Lehigh Valley Half is only 3 weeks away, and I haven't had a longer run than 10 miles is over 3 weeks ... not too good. I did the OD 10-Miler on the 29th, then no long run last week and then I was out of town this weekend but ma… more »

Ok, so I admit i've been quite a bit lax in posting in my blog, however that doesn't mean that I haven't been running or living the good life. Much has happened since the last post, including a new car (finally dumped that awful Ford Escape), another PR… more »