Most of week 3 continued in the high elevations in North Carolina. After week 2’s 9 mile long run with steep hills, I started week 3 with two very sore calf muscles. After much debate whether to run Tuesday (3 miles scheduled) or wait until Wed (6 miles), I decided to stretch a lot on Monday and try to run Tuesday. Tuesday’s run got better as I ran and Wednesday
July 24th, 2015
MCM Training Week 2 Report
Week 2 went great, ending with a 9 mile run for the week. There are no injuries to report. In general the pace for the entire week was a bit slow, but that is fine for this stage of training. Right now the important key is being injury free. I’m very pleased with the first 2 weeks of training. I want to talk some about the 9 mile run.
July 14th, 2015
MCM Training Week 1 Wrap Up
After two weeks of no running to rest a sore Achilles (or at least soreness in that area), I began with a 4 mile run and 6 miles the next day. Both runs went well. Then I did 4 miles and 7 for a total of 21 miles for the week. Not a bad Week 1. I did have calf soreness, and I’m using the foam roller, which seems to
July 13th, 2015
Trials of Startups – Funding
Here’s my take on investor funding: We are not actively seeking it presently, but if we are approached by investors, we are definitely open to investments. Could we have moved faster with an investment? Absolutely. Did having no funding slow us down? Yes. Did having no investors stop us? Not at all. It has taken us longer, and we are not able to hire any employees full time, but
July 3rd, 2015
Marine Corps Marathon Training Starts Soon.
As I begin training for the Marine Corps Marathon, I will post about how well the training is going. Week 1 will begin the week of July 5th. For the past 14 days, I have not run at all due to pain in the Achilles region, which is something new I have not experienced before. Knowing that my training for the next 16 weeks will be rigorous, I decided