As many of you know, I’ve been coached by an online coaching program called Runners Connect for the past year. Developed by former Hansons-Brooks member and 2:22 marathoner Jeff Gaudette, Runners Connect is an online coaching service and community. A team of coaches create a running schedule based on your goals and fitness level, you log […]
Month: October 2016
Comfort Food by the Fire: A Make-Ahead Menu for a Crowd
Last night was a beautiful fall evening and it was my turn to host a group of my long-time friends for our monthly book club. We each host about once a year and then get treated to a nice vegan/vegetarian meal the rest of the year. We catch up, drink wine, talk for a few […]
French Broad River Half Race Report
How many races out there promise “flat and fast”? Not many in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The new French Broad River Half sounded like an ideal tune up race for the Richmond Marathon: point-to-point gradual downhill along the beautiful French Broad River with a just couple of hills as you enter the the […]
Time for a Tune Up
This Saturday, I’ll be lacing up my racing flats for the inaugural French Broad River Half Marathon. It is exactly three weeks before my goal marathon and I’ll be racing it as a tune up for Richmond. Three weeks out is not exactly the ideal time to race hard before a marathon, but it’s pretty […]
Hot Blackstrap Cocoa
Iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium. Along with sodium, these are the minerals every runner needs to stay healthy, strong, and fast. Sometimes it can be hard to get enough of all of them, even eating a healthy diet. But there is one very simple food that has big quantities of all of them in one little […]
#richmondready
Yesterday was the longest long run of this marathon cycle training for the Richmond Marathon on November 12. Twenty-two miles. That capped off my biggest volume week at just over 82 miles. I’ve run 80 miles per week in both of my last two marathons, but this was the best so far. I feel strong […]
The Protein Thing
I was raised to believe that a balanced meal included a veggie, a grain, and a portion of meat. When I was old enough to cook and too old for after-school babysitters, I remember dumping a box of instant scalloped potatoes in a Pyrex, stirring the orange cheese dust and potato poker chips with some […]