Rainy Richmond,13.1 series listens

The 13.1 Series event in Richmond, I ran this event last year. After finishing the most crazy and horrible course that basically took runners for an exciting and comprehensive view of the Richmond Speedway parking lot area. I normally do not provide much feedback, but I remember last year I wrote, as many other runners did, a lengthy feedback and ...

Running Experiences: Guinea fowl anyone?

I'm running the other day at one of my favorite calming trails, the American Tobacco Trail, where once in a while I'm used to see the usual squirrels, bugs, spider webs and the occasional deer and even once, I ran early enough to see a group slowly riding horses along the trail. But that morning, it was very peaceful with ...

Let’s the 13.1 series begin

Today is the start, at least for me since there has been 3 prior events, of the Race 13.1 Series half marathons. This is my first event since the RnR Marathon last month. Since then I have done just some long easy runs few times a week and no speed work. Some of the shorter runs were at somewhat challenging ...

Running Diabetes: Fueling, carbs and the long runs Part 1

I am Type 1 diabetic runner. Which means that I am insulin dependent which I receive in specific doses via an insulin pump. I am not going to cover what diabetes is or the difference between the types and other general stuff here. There are plenty of really good information available, you can take a look in sites like The ...