My first long race of the year - the Dances with Dirt Green Swamp 50K - is just two weeks away, and I can hardly wait. Not only is it my first-ever spring ultra, it's in Florida, where I hear the weather is actually above freezing. I'm currently running around 30 miles per week, Saturday's …
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Woodstock, continued – A Fall, A Call, and A Stall
AM I IN TROUBLE WITH GOD? Today was my first run since completing the Run Woodstock Weekend Challenge last Sunday. Kept it short at 8.7 miles, which felt good but enough, plus I needed to save energy for an Aikido clinic this afternoon. Anyway, it put my running distance for the year at exactly 666 …
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Woodstock, Day 2: Muddy Shoes and Iron Legs
"SO WHAT TIME ARE YOU TRYING FOR?" some people asked me on Friday, referring to my 50K run the next day. This being my first ultra, I had no idea. But adjusting my average marathon time for another 6 miles, I came up with a SWAG (*). "Oh, around five hours," I said. Oh, the naivete …
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Run Woodstock 2012, Day One – Far Out, Man
I LOVE RECOVERY DAYS. No agenda, no distance requirement, no target pace, just a 16 mile easy cruise on the bike after work, squeezing every drop out of another beautiful warm evening. I won't run until the weekend, but there will be some Aikido classes and a session at Body Specs to keep me going. …
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