Category: running
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Running Deeper – Week 15 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
As the race approaches – only two weeks away – I look back on this training cycle and while I have had some success, I feel a bit frustrated. I feel like I am still stuck in a plateau. Both of the 5k races I have run during this training cycle have been busts, or…
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Reset and Check – In
Although, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, my brain functions with the school year as my primary mental calendar, I take every opportunity to set goals which the turnover of a new calendar year also provides. At the beginning of the year, I set three main intentions: writing deeper, running deeper, and teaching deeper.…
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Running Deeper – Week 14 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Weekly Training
Last week marked a fairly good week overall. I had the week completely off from the subbing work which allowed for more schedule flexibility. As I will discuss tomorrow, I still need to work on mental stamina but this was a pretty good week. Monday: 75 minutes with hard effort intervals near end I felt…
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Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k 2018 Race Recap
Race #148 5k #52 2018 Race #9 2018 5k #4 Red, White, and Blue Shoes 5k #8 This race did not turn out as well as I had hoped but I can still learn from my performance. I knew going into the race that it might be difficult to meet the pace expectations that my…
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Running Deeper – Week 13 of 16 San Francisco Marathon
I enjoyed this past week. It felt like I have finally recovered from the school year and could really dig into the workouts. It does not hurt that I have a bit of extra time as well. Monday 75 minutes When I first saw this longer run on the plan, for some reason I felt…
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Running Deeper – Week 12 of 16 San Francisco Marathon
Overall I would count this week as a success. It showed me, as many things have this training cycle, that I need to continue to work on mental stamina. I think some of my frustrations and challenges through this training cycle have been caused by a lack of sufficient mental stamina. Going forward, that is…
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Running Deeper – Weeks 10 & 11 San Francisco Marathon Training
Last week at the beach, I took the week off from technology – which I will explain in a post to come up in a week or two – and thus did not write a weekly recap. Thus, another double entry. Week 10 Monday 40 minutes easy with 10 minutes hard effort near the end…
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Palmetto Dunes Turtle Trot 5k 2018 – Race Recap
Race #147 5k #51 2018 Race #8 2018 5k #3 Turtle Trot 5k #1 In years past, my June race has typically come in the form of the Sunrise 8k. This year, the 8k took place on the same Saturday that we planned to leave for the beach. To run this race would mean driving…
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Running Deeper – Weeks 8 & 9 San Francisco Marathon Training
Somehow I either forgot completely to write last week’s training recap or typed it up and lost the post somehow. Thus, this week’s entry will take up a little more space. The weather has gotten tremendously warmer and muggier. Greenville decided to skip spring entirely. Over the past several years, I have learned, quite well,…
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San Francisco Marathon Training – Week 7 of 16
This past week turned out ot be a lot like the week before in terms of energy and workout performance. I hope that this downturn turns out to be temporary and that my body adjusts to the heat and humidity of the South Carolina summer. I also hope that when school ends for the year,…