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Tag: marathon training
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March Madness
March Madness Marathon Training continues! For February I had 142.8 on my training schedule. I managed to get in 42.47 miles or just under 30% of my goal! My goal for March was 189.2 miles. This would have been a 4x increase over February. Tonight I adjusted my schedule for the rest of March. My legs are…
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Long Run Wisdom
During our Sunday Long Run season, we get weekly words of wisdom from Jim. Jim has been organizing our Sunday Long Runs for 10 years and does a great job. He creates the routes, organizes the volunteers and makes sure we have enough supplies for the water stops. Today I am posting Jim’s words of…
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Magical Mystic Valley Run
Our Sunday Long Run was 20 miles this week This type of distance is sometimes referred to as an LSD run: Long Slow Distance. The idea is to go out and run slower than marathon pace with the goal of getting your body used to running for 3-4 hours. There was nothing mystical about Sunday’s…
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Boston Marathon Training 2014
Thursday night I finally sat down and updated my Boston Marathon Training work sheet. I was doing okay with the training ramp up until my treadmill/knee incident on January 19th. My goal miles for January were 122.3 but I only managed 81.09. A lot of those miles were on the treadmill so I could avoid…
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My First DNS
After speaking with a medical professional on Tuesday, I’ve decided not to run the Derry 16 Miler this Sunday. My first DNS As I said in a previous post – what ever it takes to get to Boylston Street. Right now that means giving my knee time to get better. If it doesn’t get better,…
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The Road to Boston Continues
Today was Sunday Long Run (SLR) number three. Yesterday we had a modest snow fall of about 2-3 inches in our area. It was the heavy wet stuff and left a coating of water that produced a glaze of ice on the roads over night. The MRC always has a SLR no matter the weather and we always…