As the old advice goes, always have something to look forward to. Or maybe I just made that up. Either way, I try to follow it. Which means doing new stuff or reaching new milestones. So what’s new with RBT as the old year comes thankfully to an end? Many things. Here’s the latest and …
Tag: ultramarathons
Only a Thousand
THE FIRST TIME I RAN a thousand miles in a year was in 2011, also the year of my first marathon. I’d had to step up my game that December to get the final miles in, and broke the tape, as it were, on the 29th. On New Year’s Eve I had one more run …
Yes, I’m Aware that I’m Not Aware
Years ago, I was out on a Saturday morning club run. Among the runners that day was my instructor from the Running 101 class I’d taken the previous year. That class got me into running regularly, and resulted in my first half marathon. She looked at me as I passed. “You’re doing great!” she said. …
The Story of the Rest
Guest post by Harvey Paul (*) WELL, HERE’S A TURN OF EVENTS EVEN I WASN’T EXPECTING. In my previous post I wrote about getting in a tempo run when I didn’t want to. This one is about the other side of the coin. Today is tempo day on my training schedule, but I made the …
