Author Archives: Progman2000
New Addition to the Family
It was delivered at 11:45am on Tuesday, arriving at 82 inches long and weighing 400 pounds. It’s my new (used) Precor C956 treadmill. It’s a used commercial unit in great condition. I’ve already put some miles on it and it … Continue reading
Voting and Race Pics
My polling place is within easy striking distance of one of my morning running routes. So I hit the road this morning and wound up at the polling station at 6:05 am. There were only six other people in line … Continue reading
Ben Franklin Bridge 10K
What a beautiful day for a race! This is my 2nd year in a row running this race, a 10k which starts on the NJ side of the Ben Franklin bridge, runs to the Philly side and back to complete … Continue reading
Can’t Believe I’m Going to Say This…
I’m getting ready to pull the trigger on a treadmill. I hate running on treadmills, it seems wicked tedious compared to the relaxed thrill of running on the open road. But I felt kind of guilty during winter training last … Continue reading
Stick a Fork in Me
I’m done – I’m still far from 100%, I lost 4 weeks of training due to an achilles/calf injury, and I know I’ll have trouble at this point building back up to a 20 mile training run without risking further … Continue reading
Wow, I Need to be in Therapy
Physical therapy that is. I finally bit the bullet and paid a visit to my physical therapist this week. I haven’t seen him since about 2 years ago when I was having some muscle imbalance issues. My Achilles was still … Continue reading
Slight Change of Plans…
Well, I knew I was having Achilles issues before running the Philly Distance Run, so I took 3 days off before the race. However, I gave the race a decent effort so it should come as no surprise that I … Continue reading
Philadelphia Distance Run
The Expo: I hit the expo on Saturday to pick up my race number. I always go to these things with a wad of cash hoping to pick up some good running paraphernalia. I had three items of interest in … Continue reading
Sunday Sucky Sunday
I was among the unfortunate population of northeastern Fall marathoners that had a 20 mile run scheduled for this past Sunday. My first 20 miler of this cycle was two weeks ago, and I felt like I could probably have … Continue reading
Sunday 20 Miler
Between all the wife’s racing this weekend I was still actually training for a marathon. Sunday was the first of five 20 mile runs in my training program. So I set the alarm and hit the road around 5:30am Sunday … Continue reading
