China By the Numbers
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Finally getting around to posting this… we’ve only been back for about six
months! Here are some stats from our trip to China! Number of Books Read: 2
Nu...
Providence Half
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I ran the Cox Provience Half Marathon yesterday. The weather was almost
perfect and the course was a pretty good loop, starting and finishing in
downtown P...
Three Weeks and Counting!
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In retrospect, the training period has disappeared into the mists much more
quickly than it seemed it would 15 long weeks ago. Three weeks from today
all...
First DFMC Meeting of the Year!
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Wednesday night was the kick-off DMFC meeting for the 2011 team! I was so
excited to get back to the meetings and see all my teammates I hadn't seen
in far...
They Did it!
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Wow!!!! High Fives to the Medfield Fit Girls team who raised over $1,000 in
order to "adopt" a village in Northern Ghana, Africa. The girls'
fundraising ef...
The Marathon Post
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On Monday, April 19th, I ran the Boston Marathon… I considered concealing
the truth from you all, but I have decided against it. So here it is: I am
really...
Now that the marathon’s done, I’ve jus…
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Now that the marathon’s done, I’ve just stopped Twittering from
@briantraining (consolidating all tweets to my main Twitter account) and am
rethinking what...
You just can’t fake your way through a marathon
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Who knew? No matter how much you rest up, man up, or drug yourself up, you
just cannot fake your way through a marathon. But that didn’t stop me from
tryi...
We made it!
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Yesterday, we started in Hopkinton at 10:30am, and arrived in Boston,
together, 4 hours, 33 mins and 48 seconds later. It seemed like every
couple of mil...
Run like you can't fail
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It's been a while since the last time I updated this blog and A LOT has
happened. We had our fundraising party back on January 30th and raised over
$6,000....
Week 23
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With 4 weeks left until the marathon the training has been going well. I
had training runs of 8, 5, 5 and 18 miles this week. The 18 miler was with
the DFM...
Speed Work
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There’s something strangely exhilarating about depriving one’s body of
oxygen. Panting, huffing, gasping, spitting, grimacing. Save for a few
special run...