February ended up being quite a disappointment after my almost 100 mile month in January. First, I got de-railed a little bit due to stuff at work. The next big thing was getting bronchitis, which kept me from training for about 2 weeks. Never had it before, and definitely didn’t expect to be kept from [...]

Last August, I announced that I had signed up for the ING Georgia Marathon, which takes place on March 21. Back then it seemed like a lofty and distant goal. But February is here now, and the race is actually next month! It’s hard to believe that one year ago, I had not run 400m in over 7 years, yet in a month, I’ll be running a marathon [something I never did in High School]

This is the first month in forever where I felt like I got a good solid training month in – and that was with missing a few days due to a cruise, and another few to illness. I can’t wait to see what February brings!

I look at 2009 as my getting started year – I started running again for the first time in over 7 years, and resumed cycling as well [mainly focusing on cyclocross]. With that behind me now, I’m looking at 2010 as the year I’m getting serious.

2009 has been quite a fun & busy year for me in the running/biking/swimming world. Ok, not really in the swimming world, but the other two for sure! For the first time in 8 years I started running again, and I rode/jumped like a maniac in my second season of cyclocross. It was a pretty [...]