Month: August 2015

CIM Training – Week 5

While Week 4 was marked with a lot of self-doubt, Week 5 was all about confidence.  I challenged myself to hit my goal paces during my “something of substance” workouts and I did.  (The infographic has flames this week because

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CIM Training – Week 4

This week, I reached that point in marathon training where I feel like I’m on auto-pilot.  I woke up at 5:30am (or earlier) every day and got out of bed without too much resistance.  I completed all my scheduled workouts

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CIM Training – Week 3

The week started rough.  I couldn’t remember the last time I felt this tired during marathon training.  I managed to hit goal marathon pace (7:38 for a 3:20 marathon) on Wednesday despite serious doubts before the workout.  That was followed

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Running Clothes & Gear – Summer 2015 Edition

I’ve bought some things over the past few months.  Surprisingly, all of my recent clothing purchases have been shorts.  I’ve looked at and tried on some tops but wasn’t happy with any of them.  I did purchase a few pieces

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CIM Training – Week 2

It was a pretty good training week.  My run on Monday was a little rough, but the others weren’t so bad.  Overall, I was a little tired but that’s to be expected when you’re starting marathon training.  My runs this

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CIM Training – Week 1

I completed the first week of training for the 2015 California International Marathon! I thought I would post weekly updates on how my training is going.  As I was thinking about how to format them, I thought maybe it would

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