2016 Cherry Blossom 10 Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Going into the race, I was in the final weeks of training for the 2016 Boston Marathon. I ran the 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll
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2016 Rock n Roll DC Half Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After completing the California International Marathon (CIM) in December, I started training for the 2016 Boston Marathon a month later. The Rock ‘n’ Roll
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2015 Fairfax Four Miler
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Training I ran the California International Marathon three and a half weeks ago. I took two weeks off and then started training for the Boston
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2015 California International Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’d been chasing sub-3:20 in the marathon since training for the 2012 New York City Marathon. The race was cancelled that year, but I’ve
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2015 Alexandria Turkey Trot
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Training I’m in the final weeks of my Hansons marathon training plan. My goal race is the California International Marathon (CIM) on December 6th. I’ve
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Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue My first New York City Marathon (NYCM) was supposed to be the 2012 race. It was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. I had trained
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Parks Half Marathon – 2015
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Training I’ve been following one of the Hanson’s advanced marathon plans. It’s 20 weeks long and maxes out at 85 miles a week. The plan
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Twilighters – Rockville and Crystal City
My summer racing season has come to an end. I ran two races at the end of July – the Rockville Twilighter 8K and the Crystal City Twilighter 5K. Scroll all the way down to the end of the post
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Freedom Four Miler and Firecracker 5K
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. I ran two races this week! I was already planning to run the Firecracker 5K on the Fourth of July. But, at the last minute,
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Crofton 10K – 2015
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Wait, What? Until a few days ago, my plan was to run the Lawyers Have Heart 10K (LHH). But, the Washington DC area had been
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