Ted Murphy Ted Murphy’s Personal Blog

My personal goal is to complete at least 3 officially timed marathons this year. I made it through my first marathon last week, this morning I registered for what will be my second. I will be running the 2009 Big Sur International Marathon in Big Sur, CA. I’m really excited about this race, it should [...]

I ran my first official marathon this morning. I am too tired to write anything witty so I will just share the video I made and a photo of the finish.

I never realized how far 26.2 miles was until this past Saturday. I am still aching two days later but I feel great knowing I was able to accomplish my goal. This race was not an official event with other runners. It was just me and my (recently calibrated) Nike+ iPod Nano. I will still [...]

Today I crossed a big milestone, I logged my 500th kilometer on my new iPod. That means I have averaged 6.6km (4.1mi) a day for the past 75 days. Not only that, but today I logged my fastest 10 mile run to date. The marathon is only 3 weeks away, I am fired up and [...]