I flew into San Francisco on Saturday afternoon and headed straight from the airport to the expo with my cousin and her son. We got my bib and then stopped by the Runner’s World booth so I could say hi to my buddy Jeff. He and I chatted for a bit and realized [...]
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Me climbing Ball Moutain (I’m the one on the left.) Note Mosquito Pass winding up the mountain in the background. We climbed that… You can click to enlarge the photo. On Saturday, I barely went sub-5 in a marathon, yet I was more proud of that result than the times I’ve gone sub-3. I [...] I’d been putting off looking into the details of tomorrow’s trail marathon until the last possible moment. I guess that was my way of avoiding the stress that knowing the course would bring. This morning, with the race less than 24 hours away, I figured I finally needed to quit putting it off. The [...] Yesterday’s marathon was one of those races where the time doesn’t even come close to telling the whole story. I ran my second slowest time ever, a 3:13:16 (online results) but feel like I ran as well as I could have given the conditions and am really happy to have pushed through. And, [...] Yesterday’s run up in Boston went way better than what I was expecting, and even better than what I was hoping for. I finished in 2:53:57, a 6:38/mile pace and a personal best by almost four minutes. That was good enough for 713th out of 23,126 runners. Even more exciting was that I ran [...] I ran my fifth marathon today and ended up with my second worst time ever, a 3:07:14. Obviously, this is nowhere near my goal time of 2:55:00 but I’m not nearly as upset by it as you would think. I made some big mistakes today, but I learned a lot of good lessons [...] My first marathon of the year is two days away. We’re headed up to Albany in less than an hour. That means it’s time to solidify goals. Gulp. The weather report for Sunday is looking almost perfect. It’s supposed to be a high of 37, cloudy, with only a 10% chance of [...] 2010 is going to be fun. I’ve spent the past couple weeks scoping out races and compiling my calendar. The two big focuses for the year are getting comfortable with the marathon distance and running competitively in my first two 50 milers. I might draft out more concrete goals as far as [...] 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 got a new trophy for the fireplace today. There were a lot of things that I was expecting from today, new hardware was definitely not on that list. Neither was a top 10 finish. Or my running partner winning the women’s race. Or her dad dropping 15 minutes off his [...] |
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