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Category Archives: The Flat-Footed Fox
Interlude: Hanson’s Training, Week 6
This was the week of the Hanson’s program that I was dreading. The reality check. The moment when all those self-doubts I was experiencing a couple of weeks ago were going to come to the fore.
The Road to Toronto, Part 2: Running in the Soup
I could not have picked a worse summer to train for a marathon than the summer of 2012 in central New York. It was the warmest summer on record, with 26 days of temperatures over 90F/32C and the second highest … Continue reading
The Road to Toronto, Part 1: Hotter Than July
Week 4 of training concluded this weekend with a couple of chilly 6-milers. Already, the doubts are creeping in: doubts that I can follow this program to the letter, doubts that my second marathon will end better than my first. … Continue reading
Empire State of Mind
Week 2 of the Hanson’s training has now been logged. It’s been mostly easy 5Ks and 4 milers to date, but I am under no illusion that this program is going to be a walk in the park. I am … Continue reading
Out with the Old, In with the New
New Year’s Day. It’s a time for reflecting on the past and making plans for the future. For me, it marks the end of a running year that saw me complete my first ever marathon and, after a quick 5K … Continue reading
An Unfortunate Beginning
I am looking out of the window at our first significant snowfall of the season–over 6 inches so far, with more on the way–and realizing that the run I had planned this weekend won’t happen. I am just 13 miles … Continue reading
The Starting Line
It’s December 8, 2012. This afternoon, I completed a fairly routine 9-mile run. Under overcast skies, and with the temperature in the low 50s, I set out of the village of Canastota along New Boston Road as I have done … Continue reading
Bruce Pegg 