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Good reminder
Response from Derek L. Hope he doesn’t mind me posting here, but it was exactly what I needed to hear. “if you don’t mind me saying, looking at you weekly mileage that I had seen on your blog, you are an injury waiting to happen…training is ALL about consistency…doing the same thing over and over…build/race/recovery…you…

Training Lately – and Goals
With each week that has passed since TCM, I’ve become a little more excited about the upcoming race season. I’ve also had a couple of good workouts, which fuels excitement. Nothing amazing, but I’m moving in the right direction. My first 1k workout after TCM (10/17) was decent, except that in the short time I…
Adventures with vegetables
With the Trials just 4 short weeks away, I know I need to be even more careful about what I’m eating and making sure I’m on pace to reach that race weight. With that in mind, my evening meals are generally pretty small (trying to go to bed on the hungry side). Veggies and other…

GOALS
Through the craziness of last week, which included a 3rd week-long hospitalization at Children’s complete with an ambulance ride up there and an all-nighter, I ran with a little more spring in my step. Why? I was thinking about my goals for this year and into 2018. As my feet slap the pavement – tap,…

Stunt Puppy to the Rescue!
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Almost… but not quite??
I apologize for not writing more during the week! This week has been absolutely insane. How has the “100 mile/week” plan been going? Actually, pretty well, except for tonight. I’m really disciplined about making sure I have time for my run/runs. Here’s a run down of my week so far: Monday: 6 miles AM, 6…
Great article! It was cold in 1983 and a little rainy – and I took fifth in my age class, though I hate cold races. There's a guy in Japan that last year ran a 2:08 and who works 40 hours per week. I remember when Derek Clayton was asked if his then 12 year-old record of 2:08 would ever be broken and he said, "Of course. But not by someone working full-time like I did." So far he's still the fastest – the Japanese guy missed his time by a few seconds.