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Tag: Training
March 18, 2014
New Home Gym
My most successful season was the spring of 2012. I went back through my records trying to understand what made that season so successful. One of the things that I noticed was I did weight training 3 times a week in that period. Now that the Chilly Half-Marathon is behind me, I have the flexibility to do more strength training and cross-training. Just after Christmas, I got the stationary bike I had been musing about for a while. I was so busy with PMP studying I hadn’t had time to use it until recently. It isn’t anything amazing, but serves its purpose for[…continue reading]
February 16, 2014
Chilly Training Run Photos
This morning, my clinic went to Burlington to run a “dress rehearsal” for the Chilly Half-Marathon in two weeks. We did most of the route, and it always helps to see the landmarks. I hope the conditions are better in two weeks because it was cold, windy, snowy, and the sidewalks were snowy and icy. Here’s a photo spam! Click on any photo for a bigger version! My run was slower than I would have liked. I’m starting to accept that I won’t be able to set a new Personal Best at the race in two weeks. I think[…continue reading]
November 4, 2013
Dopey Training: Week Minus One
As far as I’m concerned 2013 is already a bad memory. My last race of 2013 is in the bag and I feel like I learned a lot of hard lessons from my struggles this year. I’m already squarely focused on 2014! Andrea made a really nice comment on my last post: Here’s to the end of the 2013 running season and onto great things in 2014. I have huge hopes for 2014, so I might as well start now: Run the Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge is right at the start of 2014 which will include my first full marathon[…continue reading]
