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Sincerity, Optimism, and The Taper
The last weeks going into a race can be a nightmare. Luckily for me right now they don't look like they well be (at least for the time being).
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Things Learned From a Week Without Running
Rest is the easiest thing one can do; all runs are voluntary and require being set into motion. Two weeks ago I realized that my leg was a bit worse off than it has been over the course of the past...
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Weekly Training Rundown Oct 1-7
10/51 miles. Got injured, took the weekend off to recover. Tuesday: 10 miles (9:08 pace). This week: Schedule says 7/5/7/31. A lot depends on my appointment with the orthopedist on Wednesday....
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The Inevitable Peak-Week Injury
Since I trained for my first marathon in 2007 (exactly five years ago today, actually), I've had persistent calf soreness in my left leg. Typically, the soreness has manifested itself as just...
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How'd your running go this week?
Let's tally up what we've done. I bet you did better than I did. 20/40 miles. Not good. Tuesday: 6.8 miles (8:35 pace). Really digging the early-morning 7 mile route from the new place. God a bug...
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Weekly Training Rundown: How'd it go?
Hey, how'd your training go last week? Hop in the comments here and share your success (or frustrations) of another week of running.
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Weekly Training Rundown July 30-Aug 5
Another month down, another one begins. How was your training last week? Mayo: 37 of 42 planned miles. Took Sunday off to ensure that I'm recovered from Saturday's long run. Felt good otherwise....
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The Importance of Earnestness
Lately I've been making an effort to observe and learn on each run. Sometimes I just observe dumb things that make me laugh, other times I re-learn how difficult it can be running in the heat....
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Weekly Training Rundown July 23-29
I had some fun sightings out on the roads this week. Ya'll see anything neat? Mayo: 38 of 42 planned miles. Recovered from last week's debacle of a weekend pretty well. Had to cut my long run a...
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Confidence Lost
I had a really bad run last Sunday -- the kind of lumbering, dead-legged affair that started out miserable and steadily got worse. The previous week's heat was mostly gone but the humidity...
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Weekly Training Rundown July 16-22
Sometimes a week of training starts out great, then the temperatures drop and are wonderfully mild -- and then training inexplicably becomes awful. This was one of those weeks. Mayo: 29 of 40...
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Do We Drink Too Much Water While Running?
Research suggests we drink way too much while running these days.
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Weekly Training Rundown July 9-15
Mayo: of 32 planned miles. Traveled down to Durham, NC for the weekend and didn't get as much running in as I'd hoped. Tuesday: 5 miles (8:36 pace). Started running with a co-worker, though about...
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Training for a Happy Life
"The fight is only fifteen minutes, but the process is months, years. If it was just about the fight I'd have a miserable life." -- MMA fighter Greg Jackson, in The Fighter's Mind A couple of...
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Weekly Training Rundown July 2-8
Mayo: 36 out of 38 planned miles. Felt good, but the week-long heat was pretty oppressive. Had some weekend shuffling of the runs in order to better manage the heat in terms of the long run. Felt...
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2k12 Half-Year Review: The Monthly Mileage Graph Revisited
One of the biggest goals of my writing on this, the Stridey-est of Nations, was to keep myself honest as a runner: by talking about running in a running-centric venue, I'll likely put forth an...
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Weekly Training Rundown June 25 - July 1
There was a big storm this weekend (derecho!!) that came through through most of the northeastern portion of the country. Downed trees made Saturday's run interesting for me. Anybody else deal with...
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Weekly Training Rundown June 18-24
The Olympic Trials are going on right now, so it's not like we don't have a fresh dose of inspiration. How was your training (or injury recovery) last week? Mayo: 32 out of 34 planned miles. T...
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Failure and Going Back To The Well
"Am I gratified that I got it done? Is it gratifying to have this library, this stack of things that I've worked on? Well, yeah. I like 'em all. Some of them are not as successful as others, but...
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Weekly Training Rundown June 11-17
Looks like the heat's coming this week. How'd you manage last week? Mayo: 29 miles. Leg is holding up to mileage, weather was great, and I managed nearly 30 miles without much resistance. Baby...
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Go Running ... With A Helicopter
The quadcopter running aid is being developed by Floyd Mueller and Eberhard Gräther at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.