Tag: marathon

My second marathon: A lesson learned and a struggle to the finish

December 7, 2014

I went into my second marathon feeling like of course I’d run it faster than I did my first one. After all, I’d already run 26.2 miles, so I knew what to expect. Or so I thought. I’ve learned that I’m not sure if you can ever know what to expect. I ran my second marathon … More My second marathon: A lesson learned and a struggle to the finish

Marathon training comes to an end

November 30, 2014

There’s less than a week left until the Rehoboth Beach Seashore Marathon. I’m only planning to run two more times before race day on Saturday, Dec. 6 — two three-milers, most likely on Monday and Wednesday. I ran about 8.6 miles for my last longer-length run of the training period, on Saturday in Hampstead, Maryland.