June 2016 Running – Week 2
It was a good training week even though I didn’t get much sleep. I flew to San Diego for a friend’s wedding on Friday. I only had two workouts – a tempo run on Wednesday and a half marathon/long run
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2016 Lawyers Have Heart 10K
Scroll all the way down to the end of the post for the tl;dr version. Prologue For years, this has been a must do summer race for me. I think this was my 13th Lawyers Have Heart 10K. But, I
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2016 Ragnar Cape Cod
Prologue (If you’re not familiar with Ragnar, my race report from last year has a brief description of how it works.) Ragnar Cape Cod is a relay race from Hull, MA to Provincetown (aka “P-Town”). It’s a little under 200
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 10
Confident in my endurance when Sunday’s long run wasn’t completely miserable, I started layering faster miles into my workouts this week. I’ve been trying to go to bed earlier to get more sleep and that seemed to help my training.
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2016 Boston Marathon Training – Week 9
A grueling week! I relied on the treadmill and my new Yaktrax to deal with bad weather on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. It was so miserable that I was thrilled with 32 degree temperatures and heavy rain one day! But, the
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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 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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Tips on Running to Work
I ran to work two days this week. During previous marathon training cycles, I ran to work regularly. Running to work allowed me to use the 45 minutes I spent commuting that day for my workout instead. For example, it
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Today, I ran for the second time since the Boston Marathon. When I’m training, I typically run everyday. Since I’ve essentially been marathon training since last June, this break was welcomed and overdue. I like to give myself as much
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