This week I dealt with a head cold and foul weather, but the training went well despite those things. The cold took hold on Tuesday afternoon, hours after a very good run along my new favorite 5 mile back-and-forth in Scarsdale. I ran along that stretch three or four times this week and it’s likely [...]
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Sometimes I stumble over a blog post that I envy for how well the author has captured some aspect of running. In this case, our runner lines up for a race in foul conditions and “just wants a good workout.” Then, some internal shift occurs and, despite numerous distractions, she ends up racing the thing [...]
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I’m looking for an excuse to stave off my evening run. Today is my sole day of doubles for the week. But I’ve managed to run outside for the last few days. This evening I need to take my 4.4 inside, after which we’re scheduled to get 4-8″ of snow. So the brief window of [...]
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I guess bad marathons really are like childbirth: you forget the extreme pain and suffering after awhile and start yearning to pop another one out. My marathon plans (or lack thereof) for the spring have not changed. In fact, now that the big spring races are around the corner and running bloggers are started to [...]
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This week was notable for two events: First, on Friday evening I officially went batshit during my fourteenth consecutive training run on the treadmill. Then, on Sunday I ran a surprisingly good race. The rest of the week was meh. I doubt I would have gone so nuts had I not had so many doubles. [...]
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Today I got one hit on this phrase: white women with nice legs .com Win!
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This race was one of the many B or C list races I had on my calendar for the winter and spring. Unlike the four mile race I ran a couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t planned on racing this one. So why did I race it? Because it was there. I was feeling discouraged [...]
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My speed session was ugly today. This came as a surprise, as I went into it feeling ready mentally and physically. The day called for 11 miles with 5 x 1K at 6:34 pace (that’s 4:05 for each 1K repeat) and jog rests of 2:45. I did my little two mile warmup and things seemed [...]
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This was a good week. although also a tiring one. My legs were somewhat tired after the previous Sunday’s race, but they didn’t overrule my brain when it told them to run an extra mile on Monday. I spaced out and ran nearly 10, only realizing the error of my ways at just short of [...]
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Since my local environment is still Hoth, I’m running on the treadmill for the foreseeable future. My last run outside was my snowshoe experiment on Wednesday. That run took a lot out of me and by Friday morning I was still feeling the effort in my legs. So I did my shorter recovery run in [...]
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