2018 San Diego 50 Miler – Week 1
The 2017 New York City Marathon was only two weeks ago and I’m already training for the 2018 San Diego 50 Miler! I ran three hard workouts including a 25 mile long run on Saturday – part one of two
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2017 Eugene Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I started training for the Eugene Marathon back in December and created my own training plan each week. Overall, it was a great training
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2017 Rock n Roll DC Half Marathon
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue Rock ‘n’ Roll DC has a special place in my heart because it’s the largest marathon entirely within the District of Columbia and, in
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 12
One of the unexpected mental parts of running is how, despite dozens of races behind me, I still get anxious during race week. I ran less overall mileage this week but the average pace was faster – 8:27. Less than
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2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 4
My first 20 miler of the training cycle is done. I missed some speed work but ran a lot of miles that should help me in a marathon. My mantra was, Get fit! Training Schedule Week 4: January 8th –
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December 2016 Training – Week 2
Nasty weather this week! Cold and windy, and then lots of ice on my long run today. It gave me an excuse to only run three days this week. On the bright side, chiropractic therapy seems to be helping my
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December 2016 Training – Week 1
It was a great pre-training week! I’m running very well right now. I’m attributing it to the chiropractic treatment because I’m running mostly pain-free these days. But, winter arrived yesterday with sub-freezing temperatures and strong winds. Training Schedule December 4th
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 8
I thought endurance was missing in my last marathon cycle so I’ve been trying to run long and slow for my long runs. I started the week with a 22 miler and mid-week ran 14 miler. But, this was a
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I came off a recovery week that ended the base building phase of my training for the Boston Marathon. I embraced the adaptive training philosophy and departed from the back-of-the-book schedule in Hudson book and created my own plan for
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 3
Winter made an abrupt appearance on Tuesday with air temperatures in the teens and 20s. I did my interval workout on the treadmill. By mid-week, the temperatures were back to normal. Running-wise, I went back to the basics and tried
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