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Training at 50
The 50’s are here! AARP can wait. I need that membership fee to sign up for a 5K. If you saw my post yesterday, I have a few to run in the next 12 months. Over the years, my birthday has fallen on Labor Day or Labor Day weekend several times. Three days to eat, drink…
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The Big 5-0
Today I hit the big 5-0 Every time I say that, I hear the opening riffs to the original Hawaii 5-0 show. I think that may be my un-official theme song for the next 365 days. I’ll have to buy a Hawaiian shirt or something. Anyone sell tech shirts or singlets in that design? This…
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Training Week 8
Training Week 8 went very well. My miles are increasing slowly and my knee is under control. Applying RICE to my knee has it feeling better even as my miles have increased. During week 7, I managed to run 30.28 miles. For week 8 I ran 30.45. The Sunday Long Run was about 3 miles…
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The Amazing Weekend
The Amazing Weekend How many of those have you had? The truly amazing weekends are rare or in name only. My weekend began on Friday, so there’ a +1 right there. Off to college On Friday we took my youngest daughter to college. My oldest daughter had not gone back to school yet, so it…
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Friday run report
I’m finishing week 6 of my marathon training program, so I felt it was time for a Friday run report This week I managed to get to 30.28 miles. We are on week 6 of our 15 week training program, and this is my high mileage point. I know it’s not a lot of miles…
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Surviving a Long Run
Surviving a long run can be a challenge During the run Most runners can run a 5K or 10K training run without any problems. Most of us don’t even need Gatorade or gel to get through these runs. Once you get beyond your routine running distances and into the “long runs”, lots of things can go wrong. During a short run you…