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Author: Paul Radcliffe
October 22, 2012
Detraining Guilt
It’s been over a week since my back-to-back marathons and I’m feeling very guilty. I’m guilty of enjoying my detraining too much! The wear on my body after the two full marathons was much worse than what I have experienced in the past. Among other extreme pains, I was unable to use my right hip flexor for over a day. I had to lift my right leg with my arm to get into my car! So, after 18 weeks of training and races it was finally time to recover and “detrain.” I did some unthinkable things during detraining this week:[…continue reading]
October 17, 2012
I’m A Maniac!
My regular readers probably think I’m a maniac anyways. Well, now it’s official! Last night I got word that I have been approved as certified Marathon Maniac! By running both the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, I qualified for the Marathon Maniacs Bronze Level. I’m Maniac 5954! I was inspired to try to become a Marathon Maniac after learning that Hong Vuong (Maniac 4622) who I run with had achieved their gold level! Going for this goal was very motivational. There was a time where I didn’t know how to keep marathons exciting. Doing the back-to-back was[…continue reading]
October 14, 2012
Tease of future content
I’ve had a crazy couple of months running. I owe the blogosphere quite a few race reports and updates. All in good time. Here’s a tease in the meantime.
