Week 15 Weekly Mileage: 36.2 Long Run: 26.2- The Marathon is here! So, it hasn’t rained at all this fall. Having one of the driest and warmest falls on record, we have had no weather related blips in our marathon training. And as I write this on the Tuesday before we are scheduled to leave, here’s what the forecast looks like for Philly on race day: Umm yeah, rain, cold rain, with 20-30 mph winds. Looks like the first winter storm of the season has plans to blow through right as we run. Great. I can’t seem to quit checking the
Whether you like it or not, the Christmas season really starts the second Halloween is over. I walked into Target a few minutes after it opened on November 1st (like at 8:01 a.m. because we were out of dog food and the dog was hungry) and it had been transformed into a Christmas shopping wonderland. Where has Thanksgiving gone? With Christmas marketing screaming at all of us to buy a lot of stuff most of which we don’t need, I’m beginning to think about how to make Christmas meaningful for my almost six and two and a half year old
You are likely aware of the revised U.S. Department of Labor overtime regulation revisions that will become effective on December 1, 2016. No business organization is exempt from preparing for compliance with the new federal overtime rules. As such, all companies and many non-profit organizations must prepare to ensure that they are in compliance with the new overtime pay regulations no later than the beginning of the pay period that includes December 1, 2016. On December 1, 2016, the federal annual salary threshold for white-collar employees exempt from overtime pay will increase to $47,476 from $23,660. Additionally, the salary threshold
Week 12 Mileage: 42-51 miles (depending on how well you stick with the true plan) Long Run Distance: 22 miles I’m gearing up to run the longest run of the marathon training plan tomorrow, and I have to go it alone. This peak week of training happens to correspond with an out of town business trip. And I am DREADING it. Whereas a 3-4 mile run alone can be a refreshing experience, running 22 miles solo is just downright terrible in my opinion. Who wants to do that alone? There is not enough music and not enough podcasts to
Week 11 Mileage: 35 miles Long Run Distance: 15 miles This week (tomorrow) we drop down to a 15-mile run for the long run. Our weekday runs also have dropped back too, with what has been a typical 9-10 mile Thursday run decreasing to seven this week. We’re following a training plan from Runner’s World which gives us this “easy” week before next week, which is what I like to call “peak week” – a 22 mile long run, which pushes the weekly mileage close to 50 miles, before the taper three weeks before the marathon. As I think