My Training Log – Week of July 28th, 2025 starts with no DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) since I only did a rest day walk on Saturday. It was a pleasant change from how Monday runs usually feel! Monday July 28th, 2025 I started doing something new this morning, hoping […]
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My training log for the week of July 21st, 2025 got off to a good start for a Monday morning with a close to sunrise run heading east toward the Sandia Mountains. Monday, July 21st, 2025 I did an out and back, mostly on the suburban singletrack that I run […]
My Training Log for the Week of July 14th, 2025 starts with a post about a new dirt and road loop that turned out to be challenging and beautiful. It brought back great memories of running on Thursday mornings with a group of local ultrarunners. We met at Steve Mahieu’s […]
The history of the Hardrock 100 began well before the first running of the race in 1992. It started with the need of the people of Silverton as the mining boom faded in the late 20th century. The race began this morning at 6:00 am just as it has almost […]
My training log for the Week of July 7th 2025 begins a new phase of my training after I have completely eliminated gluten from my diet. It is has been easy because I have fueled my running like every runner (vegan runner) and that meant bread, pasta, and for me, […]
Knowing the best gluten-free foods for runners is essential if we are experiencing the debilitating symptoms of gluten intolerance. Many of the foods that we are so accustomed to fueling with contain gluten, but we can no longer eat them. That means we need to turn to other foods and […]
After yesterday’s hike with my daughter on the Piedra Lisa Trail in Albuquerque, I knew that my legs would be sore. I also knew that the day would heat up quickly, so I got out the door before sunrise. Monday June 30th, 2025 Before sunrise run to start the week. […]
With monsoon moisture in the forecast, I knew that this could be an off week for mileage. My daughter also left for camp this morning at 9:00, so I decided to just do a rest day walk. That idea didn’t last and I ended up running! Monday June 23rd, 2025 […]
A week of heat with way above normal temperatures has settled over Albuquerque. Getting out before sunrise is a necessity and I hadn’t gone far before I realized that we were also going to be dealing with wildfire smoke today. Monday June 16th, 2025 I was determined to get out […]
My training log for the week of June 9th, 2025, began at my house which most of the time it does, and headed east toward the Sandia Mountains. When you realize that there is no shade, you understand why this little spot on the trail is so inviting! Monday June […]
My training log for the week of June 2nd, 2025 begins with an out and back east from my house toward the Sandia Mountains. I have started my runs this way, probably thousands upon thousands of times over the past 29 years. Monday June 2nd, 2025 The end of the […]
My training log for the week of May 26th, 2025, began with Memorial Day miles through Mission Field. No delayed onset muscle soreness from Saturday’s run and I am sure that yesterday’s stretch and ab workout helped. Loop up Harper and through Mission Field (the chain in front of the […]
Monday May 19th, 2025 For whatever reason, I had no DOMS to start this run, and my pace was significantly faster than it has been for a while. When I head east from my house, the view of the mountain is beautiful, but I also run on dirt along or […]
The Midland Run 15K was on May 19th, 1985. Less than two days before, I had had a bad car accident and had been pretty shaken up. I had picked up my 6-year-old daughter, Tara, and was driving home when a vehicle ahead of me made a left-hand turn out […]
My training log for the Week of May 12th starts with a mobility workout from Get Strong with Kelsey Heenan and a lot of stretching to get the soreness out of my legs from yesterday’s run. Monday May 12th, 2025 Day 6 of the Total Body Strong workouts, with just […]
My training log for the week of May 5th, 2025 started with a run long enough to get in some miles before the rain in the forecast started. Monday May 5th, 2025 I did an out and back from my house not really feeling delayed onset muscle soreness from Saturday’s […]
The plan for the week of April 28th includes 5 runs and 2 strength workouts with one strength workout during the week and one on Sunday. Monday April 28th, 2025 Since I read that Strava and Runna were joining forces, I got a Runna account, and it is providing workout […]
The plan for the week of April 21 2025 is to get in two strength workouts and run about 20 miles in five runs. I started the week with Get Stronger with Kelsey Heenan Day 3 Total Body 1 I finished the week with another Kelsey Heenan Get Stronger workout, […]
Easter Sunday snow in Albuquerque is unusual, but after 153 days of no measurable precipitation, we were due for some moisture. We are well into spring and have already had one or more 80-degree days, but the forecast for Saturday said “rain/snow mix,” and that is exactly what we got […]
I ran the Boston Marathon 41 ago ago today in a persistent rain with cold temperatures. I did not dress to run that day and my story is below… On April 16th, 1984 I ran the Boston Marathon. The longest race I had run prior to that was the Nike […]
The plan for the week of April 14th 2025 is to do runs of 4 miles, 4 miles, 3 miles, and 7 miles to the beginning of the ascent of the Pino Trail. On Tuesday, the plan is to do a Get Stronger workout with Kelsey Heenan and then an […]
My training log for the week of April 12th 1982 shows some signs and the impact of coming back to running after months of recovering from surgery on my right wrist. I had injured it playing soccer in Guatemala and after seeing the hand specialist for the Jets in New […]
During the week of April 7th 2025, I did two strength workouts and 5 runs, the last of which was over 2 hours. Here are my Strava log entries for this week.
My “backyard ultra” was just a test run for creating a real backyard ultra course for here in Albuquerque. The distance has to be 4.167 miles per loop so I ran today to measure a loop course. The backyard ultra is an event that was created in 2012 by Gary Cantrell […]
My training log for the week of April 5th, 1982, was my first full week of training recorded in my “Runner’s Log”. It is my first full week of training since running in high school and at Rutgers in the 70’s. Between 1973 and 1982, I played soccer in Princeton, […]
The Week of March 31 2025 started out sunny but turned windy on Tuesday and ended with moisture on Friday and Saturday. 30 Day Breakaway Day 2 Upper Body on April 4th, 2025
My March 29th, 2025, 2-hour run completed three Strava Challenges – the 10K Challenge, the 100K Challenge, and the Elevation Challenge. Just like last week, I started at Tramway and Academy and ran north and then east on the trail along Simms Park Road. After heading north for .4 miles […]
It’s March 28th, 2025, and running with sciatica that may have been worsened by riding the bike on the resistance trainer yesterday. I should have google first but it might not have impacted it. Now I know that in my case it did and the run uphill and east from […]
It’s March 26th, 2025 and this run took me to the Albuquerque LDS Temple again. The run started on Paseo east of Ventura in Albuquerque and headed east on Paseo toward the Sandia Mountains. I turned south on Holbrook and then looped around the open space west of Eubank and […]
It’s March 25th, 2025, and the Sandia Mountains loom ahead of me as I head east for an out and back from my house that was primarily dirt. The Sandias tower over Albuquerque at over 10,000′ and provide endlessly changing views. In the first image is the Albuquerque LDS Temple, […]