Today's run with some speed work thrown in.

My Race Schedule

So after consulting a Ouija board, I have three major races on my calendar. There are fall backs in case my schedule does not permit, or my physical issues do not permit me to participate.

2014 November 9-- The Madison Half Marathon
2015 May 2-- The Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha
2015 October 11-- The Chicago Marathon

Fall Back's
2015 May 17-- Green Bay Marathon
2015 November 1-- New York Marathon

Reemergence of the Blog?

So after being away for quite along time (18 months!) I have decided to put my big toe back into blogging. This time the focus will be on my nascent running career!

So a little of what has happened since the Trailbreaker Half Marathon last April. I started training for the Fox Valley Marathon which would have happened in September 2013 and on my birthday no less. The training went well, until something went wrong with my foot in late July on a long run. A few weeks of rest pretty much solved that issue, but my fitness to go 26.2 was also gone as well.

As you may or may not know I referee High School and Club Soccer and refereeing at those levels usually involves anywhere between 3-5 miles of start/stop running (think wind sprints for old guys). The fields can be either perfectly smooth turf, and provide a pounding fast experience, or the fields are rough and chewed up from football games and every step is an uncertain one.

Anyway I let the fitness levels I had achieved handle the soccer season, which I did quite a bit easier then I thought it would, and let the Fox Valley Marathon slide.