On January 18th, 2009 I ran the Chevron Houston Marathon – my first full marathon – and finished in 4 hours, 54 minutes and 42 seconds. The Event The full and half marathon events began at the same time with groups separated into two waves. The second wave, which I was in, began 10 minutes …
It is hard to believe but week # 20 of marathon training has come and gone. We capped the week with our longest run yet of the season at 16 miles. It was a great run, and one of my fastest long runs of the season with a 9:44 minute/mile average pace. It was also …
Today I ran the half-marathon course of the 2008 Duke City Marathon event in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was my first organized half event and I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I followed the advice of my running group back home and treated it just like a training run. Luckily, it was a very …
Week 11 was capped off with a 12 mile run this morning at Sugar Land Memorial Park. My pace group’s run had has go north out of the park along University Blvd, turning into the University of Houston @ Sugar Land campus and running around the parking lot twice, and then returning to the park …