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Day 6 Week 12 – Long Run Day Double

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

19 solo miles (207 minutes), sunny & 78 degree The concept of long run day double is to give the already fatigued legs an active recovery. Does it work?  Well, I ran 19 miles this morning and my legs are … Continue reading →

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Day 5 Week 12 – Are You Listening?

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

6 miles easy pace, sunny & 76 degree Listen, what do you hear? Nothing?  Listen again. And what do you hear? If you say nothing, welcome to the club.  Most of us are not trained in listening.  If we were, … Continue reading →

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Day 4 Week 12 – Fun Run

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

5 miles recovery pace, sunny & 76 degree I enjoy running because I believe it is good for my health.  And I want my runs to be fun.  Therefore, once in a while I set out to run deliberately slow, … Continue reading →

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Day 3 Week 12 – Trying Time

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

  Give me your tired, your poor,  Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . .  Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,  I lift my lamp beside the golden door!  ~ from the Colossal Statue of Liberty It … Continue reading →

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Day 2 Week 12 – Value Of Time

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

5 miles easy pace, sunny & 73 degree The amount of time we have each day is the same.  But how we value our time differ.  Here is an example of my time value has shifted. Before my retirement three … Continue reading →

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Day 1 Week 12 – Lactate Threshold Training

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

2 mile warm up, 16 x 400m, 1 mile cool down, pleasant & 75 degree Today’s 400 meters cruise intervals worked a lot better than the 800s last week.  I felt more confortable with the workouts.  My paces were within target range (1:49 … Continue reading →

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Day 6 Week 11 – A Pleasant Long Run

Posted on July 7, 2018 by

18 miles (205 minutes) long run, pleasant & 68 degree Couldn’t have picked a better weather for today’s long run.  Low humidity & cool temperature surround me with refreshing breathes and plenty of companies on the C&O Canal Towpath.  Walkers, … Continue reading →

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Day 5 Week 11 – Self Exile?

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

3 miles recovery pace, sunny & 79 degree Do you ever find yourself a bit detached from the world?  I do, and I confess it is by choice. Lately I find myself don’t care much about the news.  Seems much … Continue reading →

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Day 4 Week 11 – Cruise Intervals

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

2 mile warm-up, 10 x 800m w/ 1 min rest, 1 mile cool-down, sunny & 78 degree Cruise Intervals are tempo runs split up into shorter distance (like 800 meters) with recovery jogs/ breaks in between.  The idea is that … Continue reading →

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Day 3 Week 11 – The Stories We Hear

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

7 miles recovery pace, humid & 78 degree Happy Birthday America! Stories we come to believe can hold us back, make us hesitant, or lead us down the wrong path.  Regardless their sources or methods, these stories can be fed … Continue reading →

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