Tag Archives: long run

Great Wall marathon training

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Scott

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 →

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Pre Marathon Post

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Scott

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 →

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Still running. Birch Bay 30k race report

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Scott

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 →

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Day after 20 miler

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Scott

Got my bag(s) of peas, cuppa tea. It’s all I need.  

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Tough decision

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Scott

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 →

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Several firsts, for 2013

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Scott

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 →

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6am and dark outside

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Scott

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 →

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In the past week…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Scott

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 →

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Quick summary

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Scott

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 →

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