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Week 4
Some of you probably have noticed that I am missing days. Truth is…it can be hard trying to stay on topic without getting boring. So I decided maybe I should go with weekly rants instead. Week 4 wasn’t too bad but the long run Saturday sucked. We had dinner the night before at a Thai
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Day 18, 19, 20….
Three days of no posts? Am I slacking??? Nahhhh…..just don’t want to bore you with the mundane. There were two achievements worth nothing. The first one and the best one is about my feet and ankles. These have been pretty painful since the Turkey Trot last November…3 months ago. At one point, I thought I
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Day 15, 16, 17…
A condensation of three days into one…. Yesterday I finally saw Steve Gonser at Buffalo Rehab. This is another perk of the new YMCA being close to home. They are the best PTs in business and having them right down the block is just awesome. I have been having these nagging feet and ankle problems
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Day 12….
Day 12….another rest day before the long run tomorrow which will consist of 8 at easy pace and then 4 at marathon pace. Should be fun! 1800 yards in the Y pool this morning was quite refreshing. The mornings are better than the evenings since the guppies are still sleeping. Anyway, for those of you
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Day 9…
Day 9…is called “track” day since it consists of a structured workout. In this case, 60 minutes of easy running including 5 – 3 minute tempo runs with 1 minute jog in between. Easy is at 9:13 while tempo is around 8:12. This is designed to elevate the heart rate and put the fast twitching
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Day 8…
Day 8 and the beginning of week #2…17 weeks to go! I am ramping it up this week by increasing the mileage. MILESTONE! The registration form is in the mail! Anyway, today was an easy 4 with 1.5 warmup / cooldown on the dreadmill since its icy and slushy out. The next couple of days
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Day 5…
Another rest day but good for cross training day so this time it was 50 laps or 1,250 yards or approximately 0.710227273 miles in the pool. Some day…some day, I’ll be as good as Mark Spitz but for now, being Georgie Guppy will have to do. Tomorrow is going to be the first long run of
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Day 4…
Thursdays are usually with a gang of runners known as the Thursday AM gang. We go out from Ed Youngs Plaza in Williamsville starting at 5:15 and cover anywhere from 6 to 8 miles. The air is fresh and clean. The roads are relatively traffic free. The women…I mean the bird are chatty. But all
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