Category Archives: Planning
April is over and …
… my legs are sore! When I wrote out my marathon training schedule, I decided that every other Long Run would be run on trails. Yesterday’s long run was a 15k trail run in Big Basin State Park. Based on … Continue reading
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About my Master Plan…
… if a person goes to all the trouble to design a 5 month training schedule, you’d think she’d actually look at it once in a while. It turns out that my 8 mile long run today was actually supposed … Continue reading
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Feeling motivated … like it’s time to ….
… make a new running schedule. I haven’t had any kind of schedule since my injury last October. And I’ve been running very consistently since reading “Zen and the Art of Running” (i.e., since the week of Feb. 28), so, … Continue reading
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I thought I left the wind…
… in Hawaii. We spent a surprisingly windy week in Oahu last week. We’d be lying on the beach getting exfoliated FOR FREE! (That was actually Kerrie’s joke; not mine. Must give credit where credit is due.) The wind is … Continue reading
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“I have to have surgery…”
… Colleen said to me. Yes, well, we knew that. The doctor told her that months ago. “Well, I’m still going to run my 100!” she told the doctor. The doctor knew Colleen. He didn’t argue with her. I knew … Continue reading
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Planning
Last night I was reading “Ultrarunning” magazine. It has recent race reviews and results. I quickly looked throught the table of contents to see if the Helen Klein Classic was listed. I was pretty sure that it was too soon, … Continue reading
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Pre-race jitters
Tomorrow is the big day. Colleen is running her first 50-miler and I will be trying to run my first 50k. I had originally planned to merely pace Colleen for the last 15-20 miles but “internal pacers” are not allowed. … Continue reading
