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Sunday Long Run Report

Things you shouldn’t see on the last day of the year…around here anyway.

Had a great run today. I was a little skeptical about tapering and it’s benefits, but I’m a believer. Sure, I feel rested, I expected that. What I didn’t expect is how strong I feel. I haven’t felt this good running for probably a few months. I guess that’s the idea of this whole process.

Things I saw today that you just don’t normally see on the last day of the year around here:

  • 4 Motorcyclists
  • 1 gentleman hitting golfballs at the driving range
  • 3 gentlemen playing a round of golf
  • 1 runner

The weather was amazing. Cool, but not cold. The 3 guys golfing stopped me to chat for a minute, they were blown away that I was out running 8 miles…until I told them my planned distance next week. Very nice fellas (they own the golf course) and I’ve golfed with the oldest of them before. The strangest thing I saw was someone else out running. I’m not some idiot that thinks I’m the only one around here that gets out and runs, it was just odd that on this back country road some lady goes past the other way, all geared up like I was. Little things like that make the run fun and interesting.

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Movie Monday

13 year old hockey player

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Movie Monday

I don’t know if I get it or not…A desire to fly? Maybe.

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Sunday Long Run Report

Not happening

Just haven’t felt good running lately, so I am skipping a run or two to get my legs back. I feel a little guilty only being 2 weeks from the race, but I am not worried about it. I have the miles in my legs. Just have to rest up.

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Movie Monday

4 years old…

sigh….video removed.

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Movie Monday

Ruuuuuuuuunnnnnnn!!!!!!

video removed…you know…people are just going to flock to a different service…. 

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Sunday Long Run Report

20 miles whether you like it or not

20 Miles. I knew it was coming eventually. I guess it snuck up a little bit. I didn’t feel good and didn’t want to run (sound familiar?). around 11:00am I figured if I didn’t get going it would be dark before I finished, so I went. It wasn’t easy but it wasn’t so difficult either. I struggled, but enjoyed the struggle. 5 miles out and 5 miles back. I was standing in the kitchen refilling my water bottles and She Who Must Be Obeyed walked in. She asked me how it was going, and I said, I hurt and I think I’m gonna run 5 more and see how I feel. She said “No, you are running 5 out and 5 back again, you’re 3 weeks away from 26.2 and you are going to do this.” I wasn’t terribly impressed with her suddenly putting her foot down on my running mileage, but she was very right. I had to go 5 out and back or I probably wouldn’t have finished the run. She brought me some ice water around mile 14. Training for a marathon is hard to do. I believe it is at least twice as difficult when you have wife and kids, due to the time it takes away from them. I’m lucky to have such a great wife and kids.
Soooooo, today starts the taper. Goals for the taper: Drink nothing but water, Eat healthy breakfast and dinner every day, and 8 hours minimum of sleep per night, and get ALL my miles in.

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Movie…uhhhh…Thursday

Oops, sorry. Here’s a hug for ya.

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Don’t Stop Believin’

Hold onto that feeling…

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The big switch

Sorry for the confusion

I switched to the new blogger beta, and it gave me a ton of problems. YouTube is down for maintenance, but I promise 2 movies by the end of the day tomorrow.

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