Ode to the small walks

As many of us write the prologue on our 2008 race training, it seems like an appropriate time to be reminded of the significance of the shorter walks in the training schedule.If you are taking classes once (or twice) a week with us, you are working at a high...

Holiday training strategies

Just 5 days to the Winter Solstice. After that it may get colder for a couple of months but we’ll have more light for training. It’s good to look at the upside!With most of the training schedules for the 2008 events starting the first week of January, we...

Week before the Toad

The Run for the Toad is happening this weekend and I love that race. Too bad I’m not entered. Or, possibly it’s a good thing since this may be the last week of fresh-from-the-vine tomatoes and I’m gorging on bruschetta. There aren’t many taste...