Outfit Test Drive

April 1, 2009

What do guys have to do to get dressed for a long race? I’m guessing they do some nipple protection, strap on the Garmin/Polar/watch of their choice, throw on some old clothes and head out the door.
Women? Not so simple. We want to look good while we are racing. What is the point of running [...]

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Road Trip!

March 27, 2009

The kids are on Spring Break this week, so we packed up the car and headed out for a quick road trip. We moved to Minnesota almost 5 years ago, and much to our surprise, no one in either of our extended families has decided to make the move to the North Country to join [...]

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St. Pat’s Day Human Race Report

March 22, 2009

Today was the Human Race in St. Paul. It is billed as the season opener for the racing season with a 5K and an 8K, or for Super Humans, the option to do both. I can see why it is such a popular race. The race is very well organized with chip timing at the [...]

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Rocky Moment

March 19, 2009

I had to run 19 miles today, and the thought that kept popping into my mind the whole way was: Why does the marathon have to be so long? I don’t mean the actual reason Why. I know about the history with Pheidippides and the Olympics in Britain and all that. What I mean is [...]

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Pesky Little Details

March 17, 2009

As I mentioned, I got quite a blister on my toe after my terrible slogfest on the treadmill last Thursday. Oh, the agony. The blister is right by my toe nail, so every step is complete torture. When I try to sleep at night, my toe throbs and complains with every touch of the sheets. [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

March 12, 2009

The Good: I got my 17 mile run finished.
The Bad: It was -12 degrees when I got up this morning. I kept waiting for it to warm up, but at 9:00 it was still -10. I gave up and headed downstairs to the treadmill.
The Ugly: I had to stop 4 times to [...]

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Intervals at the Dome

March 9, 2009

Today is Monday, so it was back to the dome for some speed work. I will be so happy when all of this snow is gone and I can do my intervals on a regular track. I live just about a mile from our neighborhood school, so when the ground is clear I can run [...]

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Training Schedule

March 5, 2009

I got a question from Virtual Runner about my training plan. I love to drone on and on about every aspect of my running, so an open invitation to talk about my training plan is like a dream come true! Let’s dive right in because I can hardly wait!Ideally, I would be running 5 days [...]

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FYI… 16 Miles Is Really Far

March 2, 2009

It looks like it might rain here on Thursday, my usual long run day. The thought of worrying about the weather for the next three days was too much for me, so I decided to get it out of the way today. It was really cold, 5 degrees, but sunny and not very windy. I [...]

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Favorite Race T-Shirt

February 26, 2009

One of my favorite things about racing is getting the race t-shirt. Maybe after I’ve run a hundred races I won’t care about it, but right now I still love getting the race tee. I would prefer a finisher’s shirt, but I’ll pretty much take any shirt. I’m running a St. Pat’s race in a [...]

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