One aspect of running marathons that I had trouble with early on was nutrition. My first marathon was a total disaster. I thought that carb-loading was simply having a big dinner the night before the race. I ate a big burger with fries the night before the race and by mile 18 the next day […]
I have already gone into detail in past posts about why I signed up for the Twin Cities Marathon so I will skip that. I would like to mention however that this is not my first time running this race. Back in 2013, this was my second marathon. My experience in 2013 was both positive […]
This race has distance options from 5k to half-marathon. My friend Shashi had registered for the half and suggested that I give it a shot. I liked the idea of doing my first half-marathon on a trail so I signed up. When you register, they allow you to select which corral you want to start […]
Last spring my friend, Dmitry, asked me if I would pace him in the Superior 100 ultra-marathon. It was a no brainer and of course I said yes for multiple reasons. One, I be a part of a friend’s major accomplishment. Two, it would allow me to see the infamous Superior 100 race first hand. […]
This wasn’t my first trail run but it was my first real trail race. It is also a race that I never would have considered signing up for. However, one day a coworker came to my desk and threw out the idea of me doing this race with him and another coworker’s husband. In addition […]
In the spring of 2018, I came to the conclusion that marathons were occupying too much of my time and taking the fun out of running so I declared that, after 8 marathons, I would never run one again and stick to running only for fun. As a result, I only ran twice each week […]
I realize that it has been a long time since my last post but, honestly, not much has actually happened since then. I was supposed to be training for the 2018 Boston Marathon but I really do not like winter training so I never actually did. I just decided to deal with the consequences on […]
I have been a kind of busy the past few months. In early November my boss informed me that the company was going through some tough times and my position was being eliminated. I have to say that it wasn’t a complete surprise since I was involved with producing the profit/loss reports every evening and […]
How the race works Ragnar trail relays are quite different from the road versions. The most obvious difference is that the trail races are not point-to-point like roads relays. In road relays, the 200 mile route is split into 36 ‘legs’, of which, each member of the 12-person team runs three. In trail relays, there […]
After running the Boston Marathon last spring, I decided to make an attempt to return in 2018. I realized that this would require me to put aside my summer plans, find a qualifying race and train hard for 18 weeks. It was a risky plan. I had never signed up for a marathon with the […]
