Half-Marathon Diary

To keep me focused, I am going to write down my exercise diary. Starting now.
Thursday, September 4th.
Strength training: With personal trainer, did squats, lunges, calf raises, and arm exercises.
Running: About three miles outside on pavement in dark so it was slow.
Intensity of workout felt moderately easy because personal training session was 1st time out and [...]

Help Me, I am Doing the Half

Half marathon doesn’t sound so bad. Especially when it is so far down the road, way down the horizon. When I decided to do the Philadelphia Distance Run in September, I hadn’t thought about the joys of training in the summer. As heat waves roll through my area, I couldn’t imagine running 7, 8, 10 [...]