The 2016 Mountains2Beach Marathon was not quite the race I'd prepared to run. I'd run the race in 2015, and achieved a BQ time that was not enough to save me from the 2016 cut-off time (BQ -2:28). When I studied my 2015 performance, I thought about the factors that slowed me down toward the end …
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Training Log for 2/28 to 3/5 - 44+ miles Sunday: Pacer for Hot Chocolate 15k (9.3 miles) Monday: 7 miles Tuesday: 3 miles Wednesday: 4.24 miles (5x800 plus warm up/cool down) Thursday: Rest Friday: 7 miles - 3 miles at GMP Saturday: 14 miles - with 4 short fartlek interval I won't lie - …
Training log: 6 miles: 1 mile at HMP pace: Today is Day 2 of Mountains2Beach "Boston-or-Bust" marathon training. After what seems like a super quick recovery week last week from my very slow LA Marathon journey, I'm back in the marathon training craziness. I have 14 weeks until race day - 90 more days! …
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Miles run today: 0 Miles run 2016: 135.5 January has been busy yet I feel I've accomplished very little. Without getting into the boring minutia of my life, let's just say I'm very grateful to be in a taper period for the next three weeks. It's definitely a time to start planning for the rest …
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January 2, 2016 Training Log: Type: Fast Finish Long Run (fast finish didn't happen) Miles: 10ish Time: 1:41ish What's with the "ish?" Just past mile 9 of this morning's run, we were crossing a street and I tripped and fell. Okay, let me flesh out some details there; we did not cross the street at the intersection …
I know, I know, it's New Year's Day, 2016. I should have a list of goals I want to accomplish. And in particular, running goals. So far I have one: Qualify for the 2017 Boston Marathon. I have been really struggling to find a new goal to work toward. Boston was last year's goal, after …
