August 2010
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the calm before the storm: this week in marathon...
I should have suspected when perusing my training plan and noting how light last week was that it meant something bad was looming on the horizon - like running, oh, 9 miles (with 7 miles at marathon pace) on a regular old Thursday. The second half of this training plan gets real ugly, real fast.
Monday: rest (not even derby!)
Tuesday: (just shy of) 8 miles of hills (last week of the hill...
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Justified & Ancient - The KLF featuring Tammy...
“Summer swallowed us whole.”
– The Get Up Kids, Close to Home
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last week in marathon training
in which I accidentally run 17 miles, and real life tries to interfere with my schedule
Monday: non-rest - cross-training thanks to derby practice
Tuesday: 4 treadmill miles with 2 at marathon pace (post-work, pre-soccer)
Wednesday: a.m. - 5.3 miles with 5 strides, p.m. - derby practice
Thursday: a very creative approach to 6 miles of hills - ran to the gym before work, 45-minute hill program...
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Konstantine - Something Corporate
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Can’t You See - The Marshall Tucker Band
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this week in marathon training
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 7 miles of hill-ish-ness (still super worried I am cheating and my route isn’t hilly enough)
Wednesday: one-mile time trial, cross-training: derby practice
Thursday: 4 treadmill miles with 4 strides
Friday: 4 miles with 2 miles at marathon pace (9:09. Oy.)
Saturday: 13.3 miserable mid-day miles, Manasquan to Avon. I try to never stop and walk (mostly because...
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yet another underappreciated classic
Easy Lover -...
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Athlinks: Race Results →
This site is lovely in that it aggregates all of your race times, lists your pace, let’s you easily compare how you’ve done. It is not lovely in that it tries to pit you against strangers (RIVALS!) who have run the same races as you.
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Eat Feats →
disappointment that I only found this resource now, when so many amazing eating contests have already taken place - most notably those involving meatballs, which I could no doubt dominate
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in which it became official: marathon training...
Monday - cross-training: derby practice
Tuesday - 5 outside miles of “hills” (I’m really worried it wasn’t hilly enough and I inadvertently cheated)
Wednesday - 3.5 outside miles - I decided to pretend I remembered the distance prescribed for today (which I was convinced was 3) - be all impressed with myself that I exceeded it - and then realize I was supposed to run 4....
