The Planted Runner Marathon Training Week 8

This is part 5 of my 12-week marathon training series. This will coach you through your marathon build up, week by week. These guidelines will work for the

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The Planted Runner Marathon Training Week 9

This is part 4 of my 12-week marathon training series. This will coach you through your marathon build up, week by week. These guidelines will work for the

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The Planted Runner Marathon Training Week 10

This is part 3 of my 12-part marathon training series. This will coach you through your marathon build up, week by week. These guidelines will work for the

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The Planted Runner Marathon Training Week 11

This is the second of my 12-part marathon training series. This will coach you through your marathon build up, week by week. These guidelines will work for the

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The Planted Runner Marathon Training Week 12

This is the first of my 12-part marathon training series that will coach you through your marathon build up, week by week.These guidelines will work for the majority

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How To Get Ready to Train For a Marathon

Be sure that you are ready to train for a marathon before marathon-specific phase begins. This is the precursor to my 12-part series that will coach you through

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And Now What I Didn’t Tell You About the Sub-Three Marathon

It happens at the end of every marathon.  People who seem so strong and confident are humbled by their hubris and end up on the side of the

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Running a Sub 3 Hour Marathon: An Exercise in Patience

Running a sub 3 hour marathon – me? The whole thing was a pretty crazy idea. How on earth did I think I could run that fast, for

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So What’s Next? Phoenix in February!

When you are dating someone seriously, the question people always ask is, “So, when you are getting married?” Once you get married, they ask, “So, when are you

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Race Report: 2017 Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon

I am finally a three-hour marathoner.  Not a sub-three-hour marathoner, but a three-almost-on-the-nose marathoner. I imagine I now know how Eliud Kipchoge felt when he didn’t quite break

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