jokach's marathon training blog

It was funny how I wrote last night that I was going to take it easy in the "Run Wild at the Zoo" 5k race that I was in this morning, and as a result, I earned a new PR instead. I finished the race in 26th place, with a time of 20:44, breaking my ol… more »

I was surprised at the temperature this morning when I was driving over to the Lehigh Canal Park in Allentown for my 21 miler. I actually had the heat on for a moment as the temperature read 50 degrees ... wow, and its August! I decided to make my last l… more »

My miles have been cut back this week as I head into my taper and I find that I have so much time on my hands suddenly ... is this what it feels like to be a non-runner??? What would I do without running? I think i'd find myself being bored.Well, I g… more »

I just realized that i'm in the last week of race preparation (mesocycle 3) before I head into a two week taper next week. I guess its just hard to believe that the summer and the second leg of training is almost done and race season is almost here alrea… more »

It was funny that the other day I was complaining about the earphones I run with for two different reasons ... the first reason is that they are so uncomfortable after running the first 3-5 miles and getting all sweated up. They never seem to stay in my… more »