Week of October 19th-25th: Total Mileage: 59.98 Total Time: 6:35 Average Pace: 6:40 Overview: Intensity was up, and after a large buildup in mileage the last two weeks, it was good to reduce the mileage a little this week. I'm a bit disappointed to miss some intended runs this week due to a busy schedule of traveling, bad weather, and family visiting but in the end I don't think it will make too huge of a difference. Always remember to balance quantity, intensity, and recover

I am now officailly registered for the Houston Marathon! Elite registration email was just sent out this week, stoked! Week of October 12th-18th: Total Mileage: 77.53 Total Time: 8:53 Average Pace: 6:54/mi Monday: 10 miles in 1:07, easy morning run, felt pretty good considering a hard 20 miler the day before. On trails along St. Charles and around the Audubon Park in New Orleans again. Tuesday: 17 miles total (6 morning/11 evening) was planning a workout but decided to push b

We've all heard the rule "nothing new on race day", training is not just about building fitness and getting faster its also the time where you try out all your race day gear. Starting with The One thing you need, shoes! Today's sponsor shoutout goes to Altra Running and my favourite shoe, The One 2.5. The One is a super light but well cusioned zero drop (same height from heel-to-toe) training & racing shoe with a foot-shaped toe box. I've run everyting from a 4:19 mile, a 2:2

Alright, the first of 15 weekly training updates counting down to the Houston Marathon. Before I jump into week 15 I thought it would be a good idea to provide some background to this week. Why? Because 100 people could go ahead and start to follow my exact same training and all end up with completely different results. Some would excel, some get injured, some would burnout, and some would run about the same. This is in part why I can be so tranparent with my training, there

In 2014 I ran the Houston Marathon as my first official marathon (having completed some ultra's prior) finishing in 2:35. In 2015 I earned a local elite spot and after a much more marathon specific build-up I improved to 2:22:59 finishing as the top Houstonian and earning an elite entry to 2016. For the next 100 days this page will be dedicated to sharing my Houston Marathon 2016 training with complete transparency. I hope to update at least weekly with my workouts, mileage,