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Day 5 Week 6 – Happy Feet
Rest/ Off Day, yoga Today is a rest day, no running for me. So I practice yoga for the feet. Yes, the feet! Day in and day out, my feet have been pounding the pavement/ asphalt. Almost taken them for … Continue reading
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Day 3 Week 6 – Sound Body And Mind
7 mile easy (9;40) + strides For the last three weeks my marathon training has included hill sprint, steady run, stride, and fartlek for aerobic strengthening. These workouts have increased my running intensity. Why is that important other than more … Continue reading
Day 2 Week 6 – Keeping It Fresh
5 mile easy recovery (10:00) Switch up the distances from 6 miles back-to-back today and tomorrow to 5 miles and 7 miles respectively. Variation is good. Also with today’s shorter distance, I get to concentrate on on my running … Continue reading
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Day 1 Week 6 – Active Recovery?
8 miles easy pace + 6 x 10 sec hill sprints Are rest & recovery synonymous? Not exactly. According to Elizabeth Millard, rest is passive and a subset of recovery. Because recovery also includes active components such as sleep. Yes, … Continue reading
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Week In Review – 30 Jul 2017
Total 40 miles this week. As the month of July drawing to an end, a quarter of my 20 week marathon training is now complete. My training thus far has been base running – building a base by increasing mileage. … Continue reading
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Day 5 Week 5 – Yoga
Rest/ Off day – no running. Yoga today. When it comes to yoga, many choices exist. My favorite yogi is Adriene Mishler. Her Youtube channel Yoga With Adriene is hugely popular, close to 2.5 million subscribers. But YWA, to me, does … Continue reading
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Day 3 Week 5 – Finding My Training Niche
6 miles easy + 4 x 20 sec strides, 63-68 degree My legs have recovered from the Monday’s hill sprints. They felt good for today’s 6 miles (9:30 pace) and the striders. And tomorrow’s steady run will continue the aerobic … Continue reading
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Day 2 Week 5 – Net Neutrality Is About Fairness
6 mile easy recovery run, 67 – 69 degree Nice and cool this morning for my recovery run. It was an easy pace of 11 minute mile as my connective chain from lower back, buttocks, to my legs were … Continue reading
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Day 1 Week 5 – Hill Sprints
6 miles including 6 x hill sprints (10 sec) w/walk down rest & 2 min rest Today’s hill sprints was much improved as compared to last Monday. I felt my legs’ explosive drives up the hill, engaging my short twitch … Continue reading
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Day 4 Week 4 – Cutdown The Vanity
6 miles cutdown with 1 mile warm up & 1 mile cool down. Just because I could does not mean I should. Today’s cutdown workout was a good example of this saying. It also reminded me the difference between being … Continue reading
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