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The last half of my marathon recovery week was spent in Miami and wasn’t quite as light as I’d planned. I took an extra rest day Thursday but ran almost 40 miles the next three days. Friday morning, I headed out on a run towards Key Biscayne. The bridge was a little farther away than I [...] I want to take a minute and jot down my feelings, impressions, and analysis of Philly before it all gets fuzzy with time. As soon as I crossed the finish line and looked up to see that 2 as the first digit, it was like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. That [...] Crazy how much things can change in a year. And how much they stay the same. I dropped almost 19 minutes off my Philadelphia Marathon time from last year, finishing in 2:57:52 but the manner in which I ran the course was eerily similar — I went out way too fast, setting a [...] The alarm went off at 4:15 this morning, but was unnecessary; I was already awake. Any calmness that I had earlier in the week is completely gone. I’m nervous as shit. Trying not to be. I’m sitting in a bathrobe looking out onto a sleeping Philadelphia, listening to Chevelle and trying to [...] Today was my last real workout before the big event. I found the idea of a “dress rehearsal” in a taper guide I’ve been following and really liked the idea. It was a chance to check and make sure that everything was as it should be. For the most part, it is. I [...] I had my faith in the city restored today. After such a beautiful twelve mile run in the rain, over the bridges and through the different boroughs, it would be impossible not to love this place. For the first time in I don’t even know how long, I slept in until after noon today. It was [...] This weekend, it hit me: Philly is just around the corner. Bus tickets are bought, the taper has started for real, advanced weather forecasts have started showing up in my browsing history. Today, an email with my bib number (699) arrived. I feel surprisingly calm, surprisingly good. Maybe it’s that the taper hasn’t [...] I’m proud of today’s run. On paper, it wasn’t anything too impressive: 18.04 miles in 2:15:04, a 7:29 pace. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. Around mile 11, I completely hit the wall. In response, instead of quitting or slowing down, we sped up. I kept feeling worse and [...] As you can imagine, I ended up reading quite a bit of my old writing while going through my old blog and separating out the running posts. It was a good exercise, I think, and something I should do more often. I sometimes get frustrated with being slower than my running buddies or [...] When looked at as a whole, I’d have to call October a good month. But, it definitely didn’t finish up as good as it began. Things seemed to be rolling when I hit Chicago but then quickly fell apart. The PR mileage weeks faded into weeks spotted with extra recovery days in response to a [...] |
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