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Hansons Marathon Method

My 2019 Boston Marathon Training Plan

The 2019 Boston Marathon is on Monday, April 15th. For this training cycle, I chose the “Advanced” plan from Hansons Marathon Method by Luke Humphrey as my foundation. The schedule is 18 weeks, which made my start date December 10th.

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2017 Eugene - Week 6 Infographic

2017 Eugene Marathon Training – Week 6

This was the final week of my base building phase!  Once again, I hit all my pace and mileage goals.  Feeling fit, fast, and fierce!  (In that order.)  Now, I’ll work on developing some speed endurance through longer workouts just

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2016 Boston Marathon

Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue After completing the 2015 California International Marathon (CIM) in December, I started training for the 2016 Boston Marathon only a month later.  This would

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CIM Training – Week 5

While Week 4 was marked with a lot of self-doubt, Week 5 was all about confidence.  I challenged myself to hit my goal paces during my “something of substance” workouts and I did.  (The infographic has flames this week because

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2013 New York City Marathon - Short Banner

2013 New York City Marathon

This race report was originally published on the RunningAhead forums on November 4, 2013.  Some of the content has been edited since the initial publication. Scroll all the way down to the end for the tl;dr version. Prologue The New

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