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18 Miler

August 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

18 Miler

Last week I was scheduled to run 16 miles. With nine weeks to go, it’s a good, hard distance to run. The longest one of the season to that point… and it did NOT work out for me. I’ve been spending way too much time running inside on a treadmill, which hurts both in terms of […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: long run, Training

July Update

July 26, 2015 Leave a Comment

July Update

I’ve been posting some of my updates on my fundraising page… here is a brief recap of the last two (click the links for full recaps). Two weeks ago, my long run was 9.83 miles, and it was hard. I reviewed what I did wrong (not enough rest after the previous day’s track workout, less than […]

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Trails

June 11, 2015 1 Comment

Trails

Trails. When I (used to) think of trails, I picture birds singing and creeks burbling contentedly while the air sighs blissfully through the trees. Then I was lucky enough to join a Ragnar trail relay team. That relay is coming up soon, June 26 and 27. 15 days from today, in fact. How hard can it be, […]

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The Long Run

October 5, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Long Run

Roughly three weeks before your marathon, you have “the long run.” Outside of an actual marathon, this is the the furthest those of us crazy enough to run marathons will endure. When I ran Boston, that was a 20 mile run. I was running on the actual Boston Marathon course, and there were literally thousands […]

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Training & Racing

September 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

Training & Racing

Last weekend was totally awesome, but now this weekend is here, and with the Marine Corps Marathon just 36 days away, I need to get serious about my training. It’s the point where I’d normally run 17-18 miles. And yet, I signed up for the Salem Wicked Half Marathon tomorrow. Yeah, that was smart. I […]

Filed Under: Races, Training Tagged With: Half Marathon, Race, Salem, Salem Wicked Half Marathon

Hills, hills, hills

August 30, 2014 1 Comment

Hills, hills, hills

Yeah, I have hills on the brain right now. Reach the Beach is less than two weeks away. The course covers just over 207 miles in 36 shifts. Running, then cooling down, then running again. Then doing it a third time… it’s a unique experience to long distance relays. The average team member will run […]

Filed Under: Gear, Training Tagged With: Hills, Reach the Beach

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