jokach's marathon training blog
Sharing my life as a marathon runner...
Archives for: June 2009
kickin' it up a notch
Jun 30th
Even though i'm struggling with being overly tired, I still managed to kick it up a notch this morning on my 10-miler. I'm feeling that its time to make the next midweek mileage increase, because I think i'm getting too comfortable with 10 miles. I never… more »
training in this heat
Jun 28th
It was only a week or so back and I was complaining about the rain and the constant cloudiness, and now i'm regretting that I can't go back to it. Running and training (especially marathon training) in the heat is actually a better workout once your body… more »
the continuing story of the long run
Jun 27th
Another weekend goes by and another long run in the books. I expected to get 20 miles in today but again missed it by about 2 tenths of a mile like I did last week, what a bummer. It was a little more difficult today to complete, and i'm trying to unders… more »
a little crosstraining is good
Jun 24th
I've found that the addition of the Wii Active to my daily routine is actually a little change from the same old normal routine. I really found a liking for the cardio boxing and the sports exercises (basketball, tennis, volleyball). I also found a likin… more »
wii active and marathon training
Jun 21st
As I wrote yesterday, I broke down and bought into the Wii hype of 'Wii Active', and plan to mix it into my marathon training plan. I don't intend to focus too hard on the lower body workouts since I get a pretty good workout, but more on the upper body… more »
just missed the rain again
Jun 20th
I've been quite lucky now two times in the last two weeks with the bad weather. Again today I just missed running to run in the massive rain storm that passed over our area this morning.. I literally got to my driveway and the rain picked up, just like w… more »
a busy week for training
Jun 19th
I wrote the other day that I had concerns about my knee being sore, and although its still a little sore, I don't think its a big deal. I'm finding that a lot of muscles and parts of my legs are much more sore then they have been, probably due to the inc… more »
feeling a little runners knee
Jun 16th
Things have been nuts the last few days, but I had to write quickly about my latest symptom, knee pain.
My legs were very tired from the weekend (quadricep-wise), and I think the imbalance with my muscles being tired and sore (basically weak) is makin… more »
Training rocks!
Jun 14th
The title of this post kind of says it all ... this week of training just rocked, I hit a new high in miles, had a great weekend of running and am excited to keep going. I'm not sure why I have such the rush going, but I think it might be because i'm at… more »
Had the best long run in quite a long time
Jun 13th
I'm happy to say that as the title of this post states, I had the best long run that i've had in quite some time. I managed to get 18.3 miles in today, up from he expected 17 miles I had planned to do (although I had the plan to go over that anyway, you… more »
Add Baltimore to the fall schedule
Jun 11th
I wrote a few days back that I was deciding whether to add the Under Armour Baltimore Marathon to my fall race schedule, well, I decided to do it. I thought about the lag time between the first and second marathons in the fall ... the first being mid sep… more »
just missed a major thunderstorm!
Jun 9th
I thankfully got up a little earlier than normal this morning because I hadn't realized that there were some severe thunderstorms in my area overnight. I watched the 5am news and saw flashing orange and red spots on the radar just north of the Lancaster… more »
The subconscious run, sweating and a bike rider
Jun 7th
I consider that I had a decent week of training, logging up 58.5 miles (up 3 miles from last week). I kind of feel the transformation happening slowly with my running in that its becoming subconscious again .. what I mean is that I'm starting to run with… more »
I finally found a new energy gel that I like..
Jun 6th
After struggling 2 weeks in a row with my long run, I managed to crank out 17.5 miles today without feeling totally fatigued to a point that I had to walk ... its quite an accomplishment as far as i'm concerned, or at least on the right path to success.… more »
Forget NYC .... we're doing Philly instead
Jun 5th
I've officially registed for the Philadelphia Marathon on November 22nd since I've now gotten over being rejected from the New York City marathon yet again this year. Funny thing is that I forgot about it until I finally got the official email from them… more »
its official, no NYC
Jun 4th
As I thought, i've been rejected from the NYC marathon ... time to register for something else for the fall. If you didn't get your email yet, you can log into the Entrant Info area of the website and you'll see either a yes you got in, or:
Thank you… more »
not looking so good for nyc marathon
Jun 3rd
So i've been reading in the Runners World forum that folks are seeing charges on their cards and getting notified about being accepted in the New York City marathon ... apparently the lottery was today, with official results tomorrow ..
The problem? I… more »
new york city marathon lottery tomorrow
Jun 2nd
According to what I read on the Runners World Forums, which pointed me to an article in the NY Times, the lottery for the NYC marathon is tomorrow, so I should know something by tomorrow afternoon or Thursday at the latest. I'm trying not to get my hopes… more »
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