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New beginnings and the past
The end of the year is for reflecting and then planning. Planning for what will be goals and aspirations of the fresh new year, or in some cases.. the rest of your life. I'm not usually one to create...
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Article 23
Just a quick note! Here is the map of my next race in Auburn, Alabama... My home town!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Just want to say to everyone, that I hope you have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! That's all! ;-)
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Year in Review
Total Miles: 1362Avg Pace: 8:31Time in my shoes: 191 hrsHighest Mileage month: May; 152 miRaces:Mercedes 1/2 marathon: 1:51:24Prattville 5K: 21:45Peach Run 10K: 47:30Woodland 5K:...
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Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! It is COLD!!
OK.. enough already!! It has been cold ALL YEAR!! yeah, I know that it is only the 6th.. but it has been cold everyday this year.. and the mornings have been brutal.... and the real bad news is, it's...
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One week till Auburn Half Marathon
One week away to see were I really am in my training.... one week away to get an idea of how I will do at the Mercedes Half Marathon .. well that is the plan.The news around here lately has been the...
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OK.. enough is enough
It is still COLD..I NEVER said in the HEAT and HUMIDITY of Summer that I wanted it to be cold.. I always prefer moderate temps.. So I don't have any guilt is saying that I am REALLY tired of this.....
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Why?
So.... Do you see what I see? Is it raining on the day before the race? No!... is there rain predicted the day after the race? Hardly! Is there a prediction of rain on ANY day before or after the...
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How do I write this?
Well.. I guess the first thing I should say, is that it DID NOT rain at the Auburn Half Marathon. That was good... actually, it was close to perfect weather.. I say "close" because it was windy.....
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Today's workout
Had a good workout today! Needed a good workout today. After consulting with a coach that I follow on Twitter (speedysasquatch), I was cleared to proceed with some speed training even though I had...
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Another good workout.. I need all of them I can get!
Today's training run was a 55 minute tempo run. A tempo run as defined by the Hal Higdon training plan is as follows:A Tempo Run of 40 to 60 minutes would begin with 10-20 minutes easy running, build...
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Saturday Loooooooong Run..
Well.. long for me anyway... The ol higdon plan calls for a 2 hour run today.. just two hours of running.. no special equipment or instructions needed. On most Saturday's I have a training partner, but...
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Like Opening up Presents!
Well, as you know if you have been reading this blog any at all, I am using the Hal Higdon Half Marathon Advanced plan. http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/adv.htm One thing that stands out with...
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A nice present today
I had a feeling that this run was going to be good.. I felt rested and strong today.. even though I ran a pretty hard 5 mile race pace yesterday.. at an average of 7:06 /mi. I got to run with my...
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A shirt for every race
Eight shirts and eight races. The picture proves it.. I have run the Mercedes Half Marathon each of the events eight years. Someday I may have one of those T-shirt quilts made from these race shirts...
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Another Mercedes Half Marathon in the bank
Well.. it has taken me a while to do to my post race blog update!!! That's not a negative, I've just been busy... and lazy sense the race was finished. It is kind of a mental thing.. You accomplish a...
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Just a peak at my next race and results from the past
The Azalea Trail Run 10K200297 age group 40-44706 overall48:51 @ 7:51200348th age group339th overall45:07 @ 7:15 /mi200449th age group263rd Overall44:35 @ 7:10 / mi200543th in age group191 overall43:37...
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This is Where I Live and Run
In this blog I wanted to do is to show and tell you where I live and run. It is probably not unlike the towns that many of you live and run in. I live in Prattville Alabama. This is not my hometown...
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Local 10K race wrap-up
Ran a local 10K race today.My Hal Higdon training plan called for a 5K time-trial last weekend and an 8K next weekend.. well this race fell between the two so I decided to split the difference and run...
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Vacation week!!! WOOHOO!
Vacation week means I don't have to get up at 3:05 and I am not running through the quite streets at 3:30 in the AM!I ran a 1 hour tempo run today. The temperature was 52 but the stiff wind made it...
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