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Tag Archives: Hanson’s Marathon Training
Semper Currens VII: The Dog Days Return
Week Six Training Wrap-Up The week started brightly enough, with a successful tempo run on the same course and over the same distance as week five. Only this time, I crushed it, pacing it just right to finish strong and … Continue reading
Semper Currens VI: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
Week Five Training Wrap-Up If I could dream up a great week of running, this week would be it. I did all the hard workouts successfully, ran the longest run of the summer since the Boilermaker and met my weekly … Continue reading
Semper Currens V: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Week Four Training Wrap-Up Hard to believe, but I’m now a quarter of the way through the program and through the first really tough week. The one big negative of the week was a disastrous tempo run that I’ll talk … Continue reading
Semper Currens IV: Dialing it Up
Week Three Training Wrap-Up It’s been a pretty good week overall. Like last week, I went gentle and long, completing my mileage in three longish runs. Fortunately, this has been a gorgeous week in New York, with temperatures in the … Continue reading
Semper Currens III: Horses for Courses
Week Two Training Wrap-Up After running hard at the Boilermaker, I figured I would start the week gently, so I didn’t run run until Wednesday. Then I went long and slow on a very humid Saturday–one of my favorite routes … Continue reading
Semper Currens II: All About That Base
Week One Training Wrap-Up Only one week in, and already I’m going off script! But there’s a method to my madness.
Photo Essay: Running Rehoboth
For the third year in a row, I went on vacation while preparing for a race. Two years ago, I was in the middle of Boilermaker training, shredding a perfectly good pair of shoes on the hard cinder railbed of the Danvers … Continue reading
None But Ourselves Can Stop The Time (Redemption Song, Second Verse)
After four marathons, I thought I knew a thing or two about preparation. Follow a tried-and-tested program. Study the race website and the course maps. Use a checklist for packing: medicine (ibuprofen is my friend) and assorted medical gear (lube … Continue reading
Redemption Song (First Verse)
Just two weeks after Burlington, I let Tessa talk me into riding 100 km in the Rochester Tour de Cure, my first-ever long-distance bicycle ride. So it was back on the bicycle, which served the dual purpose of keeping my … Continue reading
When the Going Gets Tough . . .
The problems began almost immediately after I posted my last blog. And by problems, I don’t mean the disappointment of not getting into New York via the lottery.
Bruce Pegg 