- my journey from couch to marathon and beyond
I ran my fourth half marathon, and second Pittsburgh half, yesterday with 20,000+ friends yesterday. Initially I was disappointed to missing out on a spring marathon, but my training just wasn’t there coming off knee pain in the winter. I reconfigured I don’t know how many plans to get to the starting line before deciding…
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Most people I know think I’m a special kind of crazy when it comes to running. To most runners, I’m well, fairly normal. But when I signed up to run Erie, Akron, and Columbus over 5 weeks, most people questioned my sanity. If you’re new here, I signed up for Erie and Akron as training…
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This past weekend, I enjoyed appearing on the radio show, “Etzel Health 60″ here in Wheeling on 1170 WWVA. Dr. Andrew Etzel is an Internal Medicine Physician with a private practice with his wife Jamie. He hosts a weekly call in show, on wellness, and other assorted medical topics. The previous week, Andy announced he…
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On October 21st, I finished the Columbus Marathon in 4:14:54. For me, it was a PR over Pittsburgh of more than 25 minutes. Problem is, I ran through knee pain that started around mile 5 or 6. It wasn’t bad, but in hindsight, seems like a mistake. For several weeks after the race, I had…
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18 weeks of training came together this weekend resulting in my best marathon in 5 tries. My first attempt, was at the 2011 Las Vegas Marathon this past December. I was severely under trained, but went anyways. I slogged through 26.2 miles in 5:19:04. Brutal to say the least. My second attempt, I went in…
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