Category: Marathon
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Race-cicles
So if you’ve been following my marathon journey you’ll undoubtedly be aware of the freezing temperatures (literally) facing me. To add to the bad omens I’ve managed to pick up some in between a head cold and a sinus infection. Any other race and I’d read these tea leafs as a clear sign to not…
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Pre-race Jitters
One would think that after running a couple of races that I’d be over the jitters. Even the local 5k non-timed fun run will even get the anxiety going. Knowing this I tried to head it off at the pass for the marathon. I kept telling myself and others that “it’s no big deal” and…
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Running In Circles
This is the second(?) of my posts regarding my marathon training. Before I started training I had these big plans of posting each week detailing how the training had been going, blah, blah, blah. As you can see, if you care to, that didn’t only fall apart quickly, but just never started. So here I…
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Marathon Update
Not a whole lot to write here today except that the weather is getting warmer by the day here in Oregon and I’m really excited about being able to run in the evenings again. I printed out a seventeen week training plan for beginners from here. I have it posted prominently on my bathroom mirror…
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I’m Registered!
The deed has been done, and there’s no turning back. I’ve registered for the Chicago Marathon. I’m hoping to complete the race in about four hours, but not having run that distance before it’s hard to tell if I’ll be able to hold to that number or not. I recall that Runner’s World has run…
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Who Said What About A Marathon?
I’ve been running for a number of years now. In past years I’ve run a lot of 5k’s and just recently added 10k’s to the typical rotation. Previously when asked about participating in a marathon I would have scoffed at the idea believing the distance too great, and the goal too silly — I mean…