Category: running
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Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon 2018 – Race Recap
Race #146 Half Marathon #48 South Carolina Half Marathon #35 2018 Race #7 2018 Half Marathon #4 Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon #2 Today was not my day, again. After yet another long week and a near cold (perhaps I’m in the middle of one), I held out hopes for a decent day but…
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Running Deeper – Week 6 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
Overall I would characterize this week as a lackluster week of training. Nothing has felt fresh but nothing felt bad either. I am not sure why but hypothesize that much of it comes from the end of the school year and also the draining effect that heat has on me. Once again, I face the…
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Race for Adoption 5k – Race Recap
Race #145 5k #50 2018 Race #6 2018 5k #2 Race for Adoption 5k #5 This race ended up being a lot harder than I thought it would be. I thought for sure that I would have no problem meeting the time goal that my coach set for me. The weather, primarily, had other ideas.…
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Running Deeper – Week 5 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
This week held some emotional work stress and other schedule changes that made me change a few workouts and modify one of the runs. Overall though, I can feel myself getting stronger which I love. Monday 50 minutes with 40 regular and last 10 progressing to 8 minute pace I felt pretty good on the…
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Persevering Through Adversity
Marathon MOnday always proves a remarkable story. Boston 2018 was no different. Not only did the course oppose the runners but the weather also presented a formidable opponent. Near freezing temperatures, downpour, sometimes torrential, and significant headwinds combined in a perfect storm of suboptimal racing conditions, so suboptimal that 23 elites, men and women, did…
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Running Deeper – Week 4 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
Once again, this week turned out to be a pretty solid week of training. I have fallen back on my new mantra of “keep showing up” to keep myself from letting myself off easy. Monday 55 minutes regular I felt good and solid through this run. The heel was not an issue. I’m pretty sure…
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Running Deeper – Week 3 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
This week felt solid, especially finishing it off with a fairly well-executed race as workout at the end of the week. Monday 60 minutes with 30 second hard effort intervals near the end I had a weird night’s sleep before this run and thus, did not feel motivated to start this run. Since it was…
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Reedy River 10k 2018 – Race Recap
Race #144 10k #12 2018 Race #5 2018 10k #1 Reedy River 10k #5 Since I am focusing on marathon training, serious marathon training, all races this training cycle will be run as workouts of some time rather than as actual full out races. Today’s race served as a long run with a strong finishing…
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Coaching Decision
For most of my running career, I have been self-coached. When first starting, this made perfect sense. Many runners never hire a coach and make significant gains. I made gains for a few years and then plateaued. I discovered that a friend and coworker also had a side hustle as a coach for a reasonable…
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Running Deeper – Week 2 of 16 San Francisco Marathon Training
Rubber met the road this week, the first week of this training plan where I also had a full schedule at school. My crash at the end of the week shows me that I need to somehow add more sleep to my schedule so that my body can operate at full capacity. This week also…