Woohoo! Flying Pig 10K Runner 21254 came in at 1:16:45 (unofficial time) 1:16:32 (official)!
Wow, what a morning! It was plenty cloudy and wet out, but the temperature was absolutely perfect! Nice day for a run, eh? Let’s start out with a check of my goals, then I’ll go into [...]

T-17 hours and counting. 8am tomorrow the pigs will start flying. Definitely can’t stay out late tonight since it’s so bright and early in the morning. Weather isn’t looking too good…thunderstorms and showers throughout the night, and throughout the race. The temperature looks just about right - mid 60s - [...]

Uh, oh, the
Flying Pig is only 18 days away - and I am NO WHERE NEAR ready for the 10k. I’m not even back up to where I left off last year! In June 2007, I ran the entire Redlegs’ 5k distance,
finishing in just over 30 minutes, both personal bests [...]

Ready or not, I’m committed now - I just registered for the
Flying Pig 10K!
As I mentioned in
my goals, I wanted to do three 5Ks or one 10K this year. I decided there’s no time like the present to start reaching for that goal, and I might as well shoot for the [...]

My second
Redlegs Run for Home 5K Race was this morning.
Unofficial Time: 30:19 [UPDATE: Official Time - 30:19]
So close! My goal was to run it in less than 30 minutes, but my time was close enough to make me happy, and it is a personal best. This time is [...]

The
Redlegs Run for Home 5K Race is fast approaching! The race is this coming Sunday. My goal this time is to finish in under 30 minutes. This is doable, but it will be tough since I haven’t trained as much as I should have lately. I haven’t had much [...]

Woohoo! I did it! I reached my goal of running the entire 5K! Runner 24421 finished in a time of approximately 33:35. Not exactly a fast time, but that wasn’t my goal. My goal was to run the whole thing with no walking, and that was accomplished. Man, [...]

Here are some more running tips, a
continuation of my previous post.
Tip #9: Don’t clench your fists
Clenching your fists adds stress, at least for me. I’m much more relaxed if my hands are partially closed, but not clenched tightly.
Tip #10: Relax your shoulders
When I first started running, my shoulders were up [...]

I went down to Cincinnati’s convention center today to pick up my packet, number, timer chip, etc. for the big run tomorrow. Wow! The place was teaming with people from all over the country. When I did the Redlegs 5K last year, the packet pick-up was basically in an office at [...]

Today, I went for a run. It had been two weeks since I last had a run. I didn’t think I would make it very far.
Just call me Forrest Gump.

So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d run to the end of [...]