jokach's marathon training blog

I finished up another wet weekend of running while on vacation in Connecticut this past weekend. Like I anticipated, I got in 12 miles in the rain on Friday morning, then turned around for another 10 miles on Saturday... I was pretty beat on Sunday, so a… more »

Its a weird kind of psychosis that us runners have with our hobby that is causing me to feel a bit of sadness that the 22 miler I did this morning is the last long run before the first fall marathon on September 13th. The good part is that I did the same… more »

Its kind of easy to tell that marathon season is almost upon me because because every run keeps getting easier, regardless of the distance. I shook up my schedule this week because we're traveling to my in-laws at the end of the week, so over a 4 day per… more »

Last weekend I suffered from 'hitting the wall' when trying to get a 22 miler in .. but I succeeded this week by taking some advice from other runners out there, here is what I did: 1. Kept a decent long-run pace ... I realized that in looking at my t… more »

A new week, and a new set of sore muscles, this time it being my lower right leg. I've narrowed it down to my tibialis anterior tendon, which runs along the front of the calf muscle .. for whatever reason, when I headed out yesterday it was just real sor… more »

I just got an email from the folks at the Lehigh Valley Health Network marathon reminding everyone that the race is just 25 days away ... WOW. Its hard to believe we're that close already, but it'll be here before I know it. Baltimore is then not too far… more »

I made it out today with the intention of making up the miles I missed yesterday due to hitting the wall on my 22 miler. Overall I was quite happy in pulling in just about 15 miles after doing 18 yesterday, but I can't seem to find the right solution to… more »

I was excited last night and felt that I prepared properly for my 22 miler today, and it just didn't work out this week ending with just over 18 miles under my belt. Thankfully i'm okay in knowing that not every run is always going to be a good run. I wi… more »

Its been awhile since I haven't written all week, but this week has been particularly brutal. I hit an all-time high for non-weekend miles though, pulling off over 36 miles up until today .. I skipped my speed run on Thursday again because of my knee and… more »

I woke up this morning, ready for my 12 miler, only to look out and see it pouring outside, really pouring. Its never enough rain to stop me from going out, but I thought i'd be smart about it and at least let it try to clear up a bit before heading out.… more »

I decided to head out today despite the fact that I have this lingering knee pain .. and sometimes its for the good because it actually feels better today than it did yesterday, when I did no activity at all. Its funny how that works. Don't get me wrong,… more »

I wrote the other day about the lingering pain in my left knee .. it didn't go away for Thursdays run even though I skipped doing a speed workout. It didn't feel as bad at the end as it did on Wednesday, but it is still bothering me. There are some posit… more »

I was real excited to get out and run today for some reason, getting in 12.1 miles before work this morning. This was the kind of morning that reminds me why I love running so much .. I was on the road at 5:10am, before the sun came up .. with the dew in… more »

I wrote on Friday about how I planned to get up real early on Saturday to get my 20 miler in, and I accomplished it. It was real strange being out on the road running in the dark again (note that it was 4:25am when I headed out), although there is a cert… more »