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Catching up.
Things are finally moving forward with some alacrity now. I raced about 3 weeks ago, and ran a 21:12 at Glio Blastoff, something I'm not very happy with given what I'm capable of, but it will do based on about a month of solid base training ( Read more... ) -
On a roll.
Finally feel like some of this running is starting to string together some successes. Last week was my fourth week of 30+ miles, something that I haven't done in almost a year. I was able to string together a couple of 30s in September, and again in January, but it has been a long time...this week I take aim at 40 for the first time. I feel ( Read more... ) -
rebuilding the base.
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Race Report: 2010 Heart of a Spartan 5K
A rainy day in May, a great day to race! I love the whole end of the marathon training period. First there's the taper, then there's the race itself, and then there's the easy recovery period, and finally there's the post-marathon race, which post-Bayshore got me a huge 10K PR, even on a short course. This year, the post marathon race turned out ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2010 Boston Marathon.
Well, here it is. Another one off of the bucket list! My first Boston Marathon! After being really high strung about planning for the Boston Qualifier I used for this race, I was remarkably low-key for Boston. I didn't really get started with training until the first of March (though I had had about 50 or mpw before that), I didn't really have ( Read more... ) -
8 Days to Boston.
Posting has again become very sparse. But it is now 8 days to Boston, and after much hemming and hawing, I feel like I have a goal time that is worth settling on: 3:13:00. Now we'll see how it turns out. That's a 7:21 pace over 26 miles. We'll see how well that works, it just doesn't seem that fast to me right now, and it's what my marathon ( Read more... ) -
Getting into the swing of things.
13 and a half weeks til Boston, and now the body and mind is starting to respond to training quite well. This will will be three weeks at 60+ mpw and six days of running a week. Next week is the off week, at just about 60-62 in 7 days ( Read more... ) -
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So, this blog has been out of action for a while. It's been a pretty rough fall, and as what generally happens during busytimes, I just run out of contact ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2009 Gallup Gallop 5K.
This is the middle part of the racing streak I started since Bayshore. This is a local race held in the big park along the Huron River in Ann Arbor. Trivia Moment: Part of this course is featured in the movie Jumper. I've never done this race before, though I run parts of the course every two weeks or so. I know the course pretty well, so I ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2009 Hungry Duck Half Marathon
Here we are, the middle run in three weeks of hard racing. This is the harder of the three races, because the recovery for this race might overlap with the 5K next weekend. I was really wishy washy about either this race, or a 5/10K in Whitmore Lake. But this half was so early in the morning(7am), and the weather forecast was excellent that I ( Read more... )