By Ambassador Melissa Carlson Last night I overhauled our training plan for the Chevron Houston Marathon. Again. Sunday long runs just weren’t working for us. The only thing we really enjoyed was the ability to sleep in on Saturday morning after a long work week filled with 3:45am alarms. Let’s not talk about how at
By Ambsassador Bryan Kreitz This is hard work! Notice, I didn’t say it was work, but that it is hard work. What am I talking about? Training for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon or Chevron Houston Marathon of course. It takes time, commitment, and a little bit of crazy to wake up day in and
By Ambassador Matthew Carberry I've never considered myself much of a runner. That is, I run, but until recently I treated runner more like a title reserved for... well, athletes. It was always intimidating, but once I learned how easy it is to be a runner, I've not only enjoyed it more, but performed better
By Ambassador Heather Foley You know that feeling when you are running free and easy like a gazelle leaping through the meadow, soft sunlight warming your shoulders, a cool, gentle breeze wicking the beads of sweat from your brow as you run faster, and eventually you realize you can solve all the world’s problems with
By Ambassador Lisa Chmiola It’s been 6 weeks since I started physical therapy for my hamstring strain. If you’ve been following along, you might recall that my injury will take closer to 3 months to heal versus a usual 6 weeks because my strain is in the tendon area of my muscle, not the “belly”
By Ambassador Daniel Barron I consider myself a friendly runner. Earlier this year I decided to conduct an experiment and put my friendliness to the test. For the entire month of April I would say “hello”, “good morning”, wave or give a head nod to every runner or walker I crossed or passed. Considering one
By Ambassador Heather Foley “I have to am running tomorrow.” The beginning of marathon training season is almost here and it is one of my favorite times of year second only of course to Houston Marathon week! The air is thick with the collective optimism and excitement for the adventure everyone is about to take
By Bryan Kreitz PR - those letters cause high fives to be passed around like a Hail Mary touchdown pass. Ok, maybe not that much, but it’s still awesome to say. I’m ready to hand out high fives now because I PR’d at a hot and humid June 7th race. Know how I am going
By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland Waking up at 4:30 a.m., hungry all the time, and remembering how much I love vaseline can only mean one thing...it’s marathon training season. My training has begun and I’m on my way to running my eighth and ninth marathons this year. I’ll be heading to the windy city to run
