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Category Archives: shoes
Day 2 Week 12 – Equipment Failure
Marathon Training 76 min (8 mi), sunny & 75 degree Equipment Failure Funny thing happened during running today. My right sandal’s strap broke. Yup, a little passed the turnaround of my run and without warning, it just snapped. The … Continue reading
On The Trail Once Again
I like trail running in the woods. It is different: different mindsets, muscle groups, and definitely different challenges. On this relative “warm” winter day (temperature reaching 60s Fahrenheit), I took my run into the woods. The rain yesterday disguised the … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, endurance, fear, hill workout, mind-body connection
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Week In Review – 17 Sep 2017
Total mileage this week: 18 – a set back due to unforeseen event Ever being in a dream and the time just disappeared? That is how I felt about this week. I spent the first four days of the week in … Continue reading
Day 6 Week 12 – A Different Long Run
18 miles easy on the C & O Canal Tow Path. 9:30AM. Typically my long runs are monastic events – solitude runs on the C & O Canal Towpath with spiritual-thought sprinkled in every so often. Today’s run was different. … Continue reading
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Day 6 Week 11 – Longest Run
18 mile easy. Nice running weather, temperature in the low 60s. Today’s long run is the farthest I have run thus far. Because the cut I got on my right foot from last week’s long run, I have been wearing … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, lactate threshold, marathon, training
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Day 6 Week 10 – Harvey & Me
16 mile easy. Tropical Storm Harvey brought precipitations to our area today, Nothing to the scale of its former category 4 hurricane stature. But it was cold and rained all day nonetheless. Earlier in the week, I blogged about running … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, goal accomplishment, marathon, running, training
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Day 6 Week 4 – A New Beginning
11 easy miles, in sandals. Tried out the thicker sandals on the C&O Canal Towpath today and the sandals handled well. These sandals have 10 mm soles, almost double the thickness from my previous pair. I will be wearing … Continue reading
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Day 6 Week 3 – Press On
14 miles easy pace. With run by feel, I noticed that my feet got a lot hotter with socks and shoes as compared to wearing the sandals. The reason was I do my long runs on the Chesapeake & Ohio … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, marathon, marathon training schedule, running, training
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Day 4 Week 3 – Bring On The Heat
8 miles easy ( w/ 4 x 90 sec fartleks after mile 4 and 5 min easy pace between surges), 79 -84 degree Fahrenheit. Today’s fartleks not only added variety to my run but also made the second half quicker which was … Continue reading
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Marathon Under Two Hours?
Sounds incredible? So was the 4 minute mile back in 1954 before Roger Bannister broke it. Not to mention, runners have been progressively getting faster due to advancements in technology and training. Current world record for marathon is 2.02:57 (2 … Continue reading
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Tagged daily writing, endurance, marathon, running, training
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