Track and Field Blogs - Sharon Clott

So I hit an unexpected road bump in my training schedule: Bronchitis. I returned from a beautiful weeklong vacation in Spain with a nasty case of coughing and a sore throat and I was totally out of commission. I was so bummed! I was looking forward to running again and getting back on my regular schedule, but sickness got in the way. I figured it's better to get totally back 100 percent healthy, rather than push myself over the edge and get even sicker and not be able to run for an even longer period of time. Missing a week?… more »

Hi there, runners. This is my first blog post, and I'm kinda excited. I'm using Flotrackr to train for the New York City marathon, and I'm on the Alzheimer's Association Run 2 Remember team. My goal for June was just to convince myself that I was actually doing the marathon. Now that I am and there is no turning back, my goal this month is to start blogging about the experience of training for my very first marathon. So here we are. So far, so good. Running is boring and long and tiring and I'm already annoyed with my iPod… more »