Running

Joshua on October 18th, 2007

Today we had the lowest humidity Austin has seen since one day in the middle of April.  The average humidity today was 42 percent.  That felt so good.  I ran and the sweat, get this, evaporated off of me.  I know.  I know.  Crazy, huh?  It was still 88 F, but felt so much better […]

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Joshua on October 14th, 2007

During my run yesterday I took a stab at drinking while running.  I have no problem using the bottle with the bite valve, but you don’t get paper cups with little bite valves during the marathon.  So I took the lid off the bottle and got more water on my face than in my mouth.  […]

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Joshua on October 14th, 2007

Perhaps the most critical element in my marathon plan is the training program. Basically running, running and more running. I am following an 18-week program developed by Hal Higdon. The program has grown organically after years and years of coaching runners (literally thousands), writing for Runner’s World, and writing many books on running. I chose […]

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Joshua on October 10th, 2007

By now you probably know that I am planning on running the Austin Marathon. It is being held in downtown Austin on February 17th, 2008. You probably also know that I’m not much of a runner. Sure, I can run. I even do run on a fairly regular basis. What I am not is a […]

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