Preparation H

athlete village, originally uploaded by poorsparky. Caught an earlier ferry and shuttle. At the athlete village.

There is a certain amount of automation involved in this; Read running schedule, get up, run. Rinse and repeat for 18 weeks. It’s a challenge but it’s not impossible. My run tomorrow is dedicated to Dominic Melita, someone who faced extraordinary challenges every day of his life. He left this earth just short of his [...]

This post is not for the faint of heart. See that picture on the left? Man up now, cause I want you to click it to reveal the larger than life version of my right foot. Do that and come back to me. I’ll wait here. That’s some cool bruising on my index toe. How [...]

I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer a letter from the ‘ol PrepHo mailbag. Here’s one: “Dear Kev, Are you fucking blind?! How fucking blind are you?” Thanks for the letter, Mom. Many people have written in asking the very same thing. Needless to say, my vision is extremely poor. Without glasses or contacts [...]

Rested Thursday and Friday. Lots of ice and elevation. Left ankle still hurt, but decided to do the Saturday run to see how it feels. Did 12 miles, Prospect Park and back route. Along the way the pain would lessen a little, but it would always come back. On flat ground, it wasn’t so bad, [...]

Just got a little more info about the marathon start. They’re doing a wave start this year in order to ease congestion: 1st wave – 9:40, 2nd wave – 10:00, 3rd wave – 10:20. I am in wave 3. (Yes, they put the slow pokes at the back.) Looks like I’m at the front of [...]

Today is the longest run before the marathon. Route will be nearly the same as last week. I’ll go over the Brooklyn Bridge and touch the park at the Manhattan side. Then I’ll head to Prospect Park, do one and a quarter loop and head home. After this, I begin the “taper.” That just means [...]

Sunday 10/5 – 14 miles planned. Just got back from a wedding in Big Indian, NY. No tv, internet or cell all weekend, and it was awesome. Foliage not at peak but still very colorful. We get back in the afternoon, around 1:30 or so. I heat up some thin spaghetti and some chicken & [...]

Saturday – 18 miles planned. Rained much of last night. Right now it’s grey but not too dark. Check the radar before I go and it looks like I’m good for at least a couple hours. PB&J and water. Gonna hold off taking my first Gu until I get to the park. I’m taking 3 [...]

I’m a little late getting out this morning. Know why? Cause I stayed up watching hurricane coverage. I love love LOVE hurricane coverage. What’s to love? I love seeing the correspondents standing (or trying to stand) in 85 mph winds while getting pelted with rain which at that speed must feel like needles against their [...]