Tag: marathon training
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Where did all the Sundays go?
As the Sunday Long Run season has progressed, my Sundays seem to have disappeared. For the past month all of our Sunday Long Runs have been over 16 miles. This means about three hours of running time on average. Then there is the time to get to the run, time spent hanging out after running…
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Tuesday night club run
Tuesday night club runs usually have a few new runners trying us out. This week I was paired up with a guy trying us out for the first time. Louis said he wanted to run 8:00 minute miles, which is a little faster than I normally run on Tuesday night. My legs still have not…
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Glucose and the Endurance athlete
Glucose and the Endurance Athlete Glucose is a simple sugar or monosaccharide that is an extremely important form of energy for your body. All other carbohydrates and forms of sugar must be broken down into glucose before your muscles and brain can use them. Muscles and other tissues can use fat and protein as an…
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Health on sale
Turmeric Curcumin A few years ago while working through a running injury a friend told me about turmeric. My injury involved inflammation and they told me that turmeric had anti-inflammatory properties. I had been dealing with my injury with ibuprofen, ice and compression. It’s not good to take the maximum daily dose of ibuprofen for…
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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…