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Tag Archives: long run
Great Wall marathon training
Just ten days until the Great Wall Marathon. I am half way through “the taper.” No madness yet. Today’s run was a tough one, likely my last tough one. A 20min easy warm up, 10x1min ‘fast’ with 2min recovery and … Continue reading
Posted in Long Run, marathon training, Race, Uncategorized
Tagged Beijing, China, Great Wall marathon, long run, Marathon Training, Taper
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Pre Marathon Post
Light at the end of the Tunnel Lite Marathon- pre race post Last week, about 10 times I thought about needing to write a pre race post. Never did. So, if I had written it, it probably would have sounded … Continue reading
Still running. Birch Bay 30k race report
Haven’t talked about my running in way too long. Still running and training for Eugene and my second BQ. February was a tough month and likely the reason I haven’t written much. As I often do, I did a silly … Continue reading
Posted in marathon training, Race, Travel
Tagged Birch Bay 30k, long run, Marathon Maniacs, Marathon Pace, Race, race report
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Day after 20 miler
Got my bag(s) of peas, cuppa tea. It’s all I need.
Posted in Long Run, marathon training
Tagged California international Marathon, ice, long run, recovery
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Tough decision
Today’s weather is nearly perfect. High of 67 and bright, warm sunshine. The type of day just made for a nice long run. Today, I’m supposed to run 10 but not sure I should. Tough decision… My knee is not … Continue reading
Posted in Long Run, marathon training, Medical
Tagged Injury, long run, Marathon Training
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Several firsts, for 2013
This week, my running reached several ‘firsts’ for the new year. First, I signed up for two races; one half and one full marathon. I’ll run the Green River Half next Saturday then Tacoma (full) the first weekend in May. … Continue reading
Posted in Long Run, marathon training
Tagged Green River Half Marathon, ice bath, long run, Tacoma City Marathon
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6am and dark outside
It is almost 6am and it is midnight dark outside, not even a hint of morning light. Summer really is over. (heavy sigh). About to head out the door for my 3rd 18 miler of my training for the Victoria, … Continue reading
In the past week…
Not much activity on the blog front, so a few highlights from the past week… Met the stay-at-home-dads groups at the Loyal Heights community center last Thursday for the toddler time in the gym. The standard crew of Josh, Brian … Continue reading
Posted in Ballard, Long Run, marathon training, Race, Seattle
Tagged Eugene Marathon, long run, Marathon Training
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Quick summary
Another week passes with no post. Here is a quick summary: The week was dominated by Will’s first day long fever. He woke up about 1:30am on Thursday, in enough distress that we both got up and went into his … Continue reading
Posted in Long Run, Medical
Tagged fever, Group Health, ice bath, long run, Speech Therapy
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