Tag: long run
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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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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…
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Sunday Long Run Returns
This weekend the fall Sunday Long Run series began We call it the fall series because these runs are training for the fall marathons. Specifically for The Bay State Marathon in Lowell, but it works nicely for the other fall marathons as well such as Hartford and Philadelphia. It seems like just last week I…
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Last Long Run
This past Sunday the Melrose Running Club had their last long run of the season. The long route was 12.5 miles and the short route was 7.1 miles. The long route took us over the Fellsway Hills twice! On the way out I charged up the hill and practiced running on my forefoot. There were four…
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Running Weekend March 2014
It’s going to be a running weekend. Today I have the Smuttynose Palooza 5K in Salisbury. The weather looks pretty good. Temps in the 40’s with a mild breeze. I’ll probably wear shorts. You know it’s the dead of winter when anything above 32F feels, pretty good. I know that I have fully adjusted to the…
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Nemo Geddon
Here in the Northeast we are hunkered down waiting for “NEMO” to come and get us. Does anyone else think it is ridiculous to name a snow storm? The local TV stations are all worked up in a tizzy over NEMO. The Governor has declared a “State of Emergency” and no cars can be on the…