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Have I ever mentioned that I love Cold Weather?
Seriously, normally I despise cold weather. I grew up in Florida where you wear flip flops year round and you swim on Christmas. The beaches never close and neither to the theme parks. I miss Florida weather badly.
However much I do not like the cold weather... running in it sure is fun! As long as you have the proper garments, cold weather running ( Read more... ) -
Recovery Run #1
I did my first run after the marathon yesterday and it felt really good. I ran 6 miles at under 15 minute pace. (Approx 14:40 using the Cool Running Pace Calculator)
I can't get to my garmin data and there has been a delay in posting the Disney pictures... why you may ask? Merry Christmas to us, Kenny is building us a new computer tomorrow. I ( Read more... ) -
I am a marathoner?
That sounds so sureal. I just have to keep telling myself over and over...
I AM A MARATHONER.
I can't believe it is over. All of the training and all of the preparation. The hours and hours of planning and chatting about pre-race pasta, race day game plans, running dates with the mouse, etc. I have got some fabulous memories and I was lucky to share ( Read more... ) -
We Made it to Orlando!!!
Kenny and I made our way into Orlando on Friday. I officially have my race number and I am ready to go.
Lets Go #15372 :)
We spent yesterday at the expo viewing all of the fun sites and eating Clif Bars samples. I also met Jeff Galloway and had my picture taken with him! I love the way the set up the expo this year. It is soooo much better than ( Read more... ) -
One Big Ball of Nerves Coming Right up!
The race is officially 3 days and 7 hours (give or take) away. The packing has commenced and we will leave for Florida tomorrow after work. I am one big ball of nerves. At this point I am hoping that I have remembered everything. I guess if I haven't remembered it by this point I either don't need it or can buy it at the Expo.
However, I have had so ( Read more... ) -
What goes down... must come up
No I am not ill... I am talking about my last long run ( Read more... ) -
My Goals for 2009
I gave a lot of thought to this years goals. I really wanted them to be something that I could accomplish if I tried hard enough. I also wanted them to be something I had to work for. None of this easy junk. I think I succeeded in creating my goals. You will also notice that I am pretty specific. I need to me. Without specific guidelines, This list ( Read more... ) -
The Year in Review
Well it's that time of year, where we all sit down and make some goals. We write them on a piece of paper and then quickly hide that paper (or throw it away) by February 1st.
Yes I am talking about new years resolutions.
Lets revisit my 2008 goals
1) Run a 5K (As in run the whole distance)- Nope didnt meet this goal. The closest I came was the ( Read more... ) -
15 is the new 20
This weekend's run was eventful. Not what I expected but eventful.
Tim and I started off early in the day and met a fellow Macon Tracks runner Tommy Chambers. Tommy is training with the Hal Higdon plan and was out to complete 18 miles of pure running. Tim and I are fans of Jeff Galloways run/walk method and we had the plan to hit 20 miles. SO ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas to All
I did a really easy run today. Average heart rate of only 138 for 3.1 miles. I just wanted the miles under my feet for the fitness of it ( Read more... )