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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Day 7 Week 2 – Week In Review – A Milestone
Something about today, the last day of the month, the last day of the second week in my marathon training, says it is (or should be) a milestone. The month of May will be forever history after today. For many … Continue reading
Day 6 Week 2 – Easy Yet Not So Easy
Saturday’s long run of 11 mile at all easy pace (9:00 to 9:45) is today’s schedule. Sounds pretty easy, right? In actuality, my run turns out not quite as easy as it sounded. And it is the weather that … Continue reading
Posted in marathon training, weather
Tagged daily writing, effective blogging, emotional, enlightenment, fear, goal accomplishment, running, training
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Day 5 Week 2 – An Off Day?
Rest day, and a much appreciate break from the daily running. My heels have been a bit tender due to the increased mileage of the marathon training. Not to mention the hard workout of cutdown runs yesterday. Friend of mine … Continue reading
Posted in Goals, marathon training, training technique, yoga
Tagged effective blogging, fear, goal accomplishment, healthy-living, running, training
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Day 4 Week 2 – Pushing Through Threshold
Bottom line up front – a hard workout today, I rate it 4 on a difficulty scale of 1-5. Today’s schedule is 2 mile warm up, 4 miles cutdown (8:20, 8:10, 8:00, 7:50, No rest), 2 mile cool down. What … Continue reading
Posted in Goals, marathon training, training technique
Tagged daily writing, emotional, fear, goal accomplishment, lactate threshold, running, training
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Day 3 Week 2 – Campaign Against Mindless
Today’s schedule is 5 miles easy (9:00 to 9:45) w/4 x 20 sec strides. While doing the striders, it downs on me that I was falling into a mindless routine with the workout. Why? Because the workout is becoming repetitive, my … Continue reading
Day 2 Week 2 – Is it Summer?
Although the summer solstice is still close to a month away, it sure feels like summer has already arrived here in Washington, D.C. One of those mind body dissonances I can chalk it to life. Seriously, the temperature is in … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, goal accomplishment, healthy-living, humor, mind-body connection
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Day 1 Week 2 – Threshold Intervals
It is Memorial Day here in America. Because it is a holiday, there is no rush hours traffic, working folks hurried to go to work, none of those. Instead, the morning is calm and quiet. Absent of the normal hustle and … Continue reading
Day 7 Week 1 – Week In Review – Direct Contact
The beauty of blogging is the opportunity to connect with my inner self directly. By direct contact, I mean putting thoughts into words and capture them. The act of articulating confronts the illusive mind and dispels daydreaming, fantasizing, or any … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Goals, marathon training, retirement, time management
Tagged balance, daily writing, goal accomplishment, relationships, running, training, value of blogging, writing
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Day 6 Week 1 – Memorial Day Weekend
If there can be a picture perfect day in Washington, DC, today is it. Apparently, I am not alone in feeling this way. Lots, and I mean lots, of people are out on the C & O Canal. Families with … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, inspiration, weather
Tagged daily writing, emotional, Life, relationships
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Day 5 Week 1 – I Believe
I believe in human spirit. It sets us apart from everything else. I believe in self reliance. It gives us individual dignity. I believe in finality. Without it there is no way to value anything. I believe in contribution. It … Continue reading
Posted in Goals, health, life, marathon training, meditation, training technique, yoga
Tagged daily writing, emotional, goal accomplishment, health, mind-body connection, yoga
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