Category: California International Marathon

2015 California International Marathon

Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue I’d been chasing sub-3:20 in the marathon since training for the 2012 New York City Marathon.  The race was cancelled that year, but I’ve

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CIM Training – Week 19

The race is less than 24 hours away!  My final taper week went well.  As usual, I felt slow and sluggish; existing pains seemed worse and new pains came and went out of no where.  I arrived in Sacramento yesterday

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CIM Training – Week 18

I’m tapering!  After completing a 20 miler on Sunday, I started decreasing mileage in the final weeks of training for the California International Marathon.  But, the Hansons plan is no joke and the first week of the taper still had

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CIM Training – Week 17

Am I tapering, yet?  With most plans, I can figure out when the taper starts pretty clearly.  But with this one, I’m not so sure.  I had a day off on Wednesday, ending an 84 day running steak, and the

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CIM Training – Week 15

The week started with the New York City Marathon and I picked up my training the next day with an easy run through Central Park.  I had two workouts this week but instead of training by pace, I just tried

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CIM Training – Week 11

I completed my workouts this week and managed to hit goal pace for each one.  I’m happy about that but feel like I’d be happier if I didn’t have to work so hard to meet those goals.  I felt “off”

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