Training for 100 miles: One, Two and Three of a 100

I have to admit that when I signed up for my 1st 100 miles event I paused in disbelief of what I just did. Insanity at its best. But after the shock of the recent commitment, I went to hone on a plan to tackle that task on hand. These were the main steps I took to increase the chances ...

Surprise Virtual Minions 5k

Earlier this month I got my daughter to run 3.1 miles (5k) with me. But there was more to the run than just getting her out of the door for a run. She loves Minions since she first watched the Despicable Me and even more after the Minions movies. Earlier I saw a post from Universal about a 5k event ...

World’s Largest Flip Flop 1k with Family

Today I had the fortune to be able to run with my wife, mom, and uncle, what it could possibly be the World's Largest Flip Flop 1k event. It was a lot of fun, the main requirement was to cover the distance on Flip Flops. My Mom and Uncle were visiting from Puerto Rico and after taking them to Umstead ...

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Picking up running, feeling your foot and lean

This past week we had a great outing with a group of enthusiastic individuals for a quick weekly run. During the run, we talked about running, health and their purpose and reasons to start running. This week we concentrated the conversation about feeling your weight on your foot. By having an awareness of how does it feels when you land ...

Umstead Half, medal and Carlos Candelaria's bib

Racing? Pacing? again at Umstead

Last year I had the opportunity to volunteer and pace the 2:10 group. I got a little bit crazy again and even after running 8 loops of the same route last month I volunteered again to pace. I had so much fun pacing the last year that I want it to perhaps help again. I am comfortably able to run ...

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Picking up running, initial thoughts

Yesterday was great to go out with a group of enthusiastic individuals for a quick run. It was the first of hopefully many runs with the group. During the run, we talked a bit about the purpose and reasons to start picking running as an activity. One point that was great to discuss were areas to focus as we try ...

My 1st 100 miles Ultra – Umstead 100

Yesterday morning I completed my 1st 100 miles race. What an amazing experience it was. All the training, paying attention to the minor details paid off in big time. I was able to come in well under my number one goal of finishing in under 24 hours, with a finish time of 22:36:52. The weather was great for most of ...

2019 Tobacco Road Marathon bib and medal Featured Image

2019 Tobacco Road Marathon as a prep training run for an Ultra

Yesterday, I completed the 2019 Tobacco Road Marathon. It was a perfect day, perfect weather and a perfect venue for an event. Last year I was able to volunteer to pace the 4:20 group. This year I tried for a slower pace spot, but it was taken, so I did my own thing. Since I was preparing for my 1st ...

Running Shorts: Audio during my runs

I often use Audio during my runs, whether is a training run or even an event. There are different camps about using audio files, especially for the event, which for some it might provide some advantage, especially in longer events and should not be used. I am not writing this to debate the issue, as an audio user, I just ...

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Running Diabetes: Initial thoughts about Running and Diabetes

I am Type 1 diabetic runner, this 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 places with really good information available, you can take a look in sites ...