Carina's Running Career

Since I'm not blogging frequently, I can't leave my most recent post as my most recent post for too long.  Yesterday morning, at boo...

Losing my running commute this past spring has had a massive negative effect on my weekly mileage.  It's such a bummer.  Not enough that...

So as much as I've been emotionally all over the place lately, I'm happy to say I've been logging some pretty steady running wee...

Cardiac drift is basically when your heart rate increases during exercise with little to no increase in workload.  It's normal:  even ov...

So I went running yesterday morning in Philly and it did not go well.  It started off wonderfully.  I was staying out in the 'burbs, ...

I think I've done a post like this for every marathon I've taken even somewhat seriously since I started this blog.  It's like a...

So if you follow professional distance running at all, you probably already know this, but the fastest marathon ever was run this past Sunda...

So this week, two posts have made me think about my yearly and weekly mileage numbers.  First, Mike posted about his 1525 miles for the f...

I definitely want to share some of my thoughts from our 5 days in Pittsburgh -- things like weather, elevation, marriage changes after 50 ye...

One of the traditional (and valid) pieces of advice to marathoners is that no running that you do in the final week before the race is going...

I know I've done this before I've run several other marathons, and I feel like it's a good exercise for me.  Looking over my tra...

Yesterday I elected to do a yoga class instead of running.  Who am I??? The answer I suppose is someone who has been doing marathons for a...

I have never been a "high mileage" runner, at least as most marathoners would define that term.  I've kept careful running l...

On Tuesday night for unknown reasons, as I was getting ready for bed, my husband brushed my hair for me.  This is one of my favorite things ...

For several days last week, I was hurting.  My right hamstring seemed really tight, and the biceps femoris on that leg was tender.  Usually ...

I am a horribly sentimental person who is overly attached to "things" -- possibly because I have a poor memory, possibly because I...

So here are belated answers to a National Running Day post I read on hungryrunnergirl .  I didn't see it until pretty late last night, s...

I pretty much never go out for lunch when I'm working.  My office is in a strip mall and is also directly across the street from a big...

Very early on in my running career, someone told me about marathon pace predictors. The most popular one is McMillan's, which is found...

When I first started running, I was definitely of the "I only have one pace" school.  It seemed short runs, long runs, all the tim...