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Tag: marathon training
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Honolulu Marathon 2017
Hawai’i Dreamin! On occasion I’ve written about destination races. In 2017 I finally signed up for and ran my first official destination marathon: The Honolulu Marathon! Hawai’i always seemed too far to travel and has a reputation for being expensive. Lucky for me, my sister recently moved to Hawai’i and I was able to book a…
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Sunday Long Run Season is Over
Sunday Long Run 15 This year the Melrose Running Club made a few adjustments to accommodate our Chicago Marathon runners. Their race was on October 8th, so Jim Carson had to accelerate their schedule to get a 22 mile run in on September 17th, and still have time for an orderly taper. Everyone else is…
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BAA Half Marathon 2017
The inaugural BAA Half Marathon was run in 2001. That year Wayne Levy (JAM) was the men’s champion at 1:10:57, and the women’s champion was Sarah Nixon (USA) at 1:21:16. Sarah was also the champion in 2002. The finish times have steadily improved and in 2013 Lelisa Desisa (ETH) set a blistering course record of 1:00:34! The BAA…
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Last Long Run at 52
This week’s run was my last long run at 52. On Monday I turn 53 and will continue to remind my self that I’m still in my early 50’s. This week we ran the same Sunday Long Run route that we ran week six, the Winchester Highland route. Three weeks ago it was around 90°,…
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Sunday Long Run Number 8 for 2017
Sunday Long Run Number 8 was a step up in distance to 18.1 for the long run. The short run was 9.1 and for our friends running the Chicago Marathon there was a 20 mile run. My race isn’t until December 10th, so I did the 18.1 mile run. Like all Sunday Long Runs, we…
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Sunday Long Run Number 7 for 2017
Sunday Long Run Number 7 Week Number 7 was much cooler than last week, and we only had to run 14.6 miles! I was traveling last week so I only managed to get in one 4.34 mile run along the water front in Baltimore. I definitely need to be more diligent with my training while…