The Big Badge of Blubber

  So, I’m trying to mimic the title of “The Red Badge of Courage.”  Probably not very funny, but oh well.
  I was speaking to my coach, Wayne, on Friday night.  We had to postpone Saturday’s team run due to weather, and I called him to let him know that Mo, Vic, and I wouldn’t be [...]

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Heart Rate Training Update

  All I can say is, I’m now a believer in Low Heart Rate Training.  I started a Low Heart Rate Training method developed by Dr. Phillip Maffetone on 11/1/2007.  The last run before I started, I ran three miles at an avg pace of 10:37/mile and an avg HR of 159.  Since then, 99% [...]

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A Good Week

  Yesterday wrapped up a good running week for me, with lots of firsts.  My total milage for the week was 42 miles.  That’s my highest milage in my three year running career.  I also did my longest run ever yesterday, 14 miles.  Prior to this, my longest run was 13.1 miles in my three [...]

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Giant Carrot

  Yes, I did dress up as a giant carrot.  My son’s school had a presentation for the Flying Pig.  They actually get the run the Pig also.  They get to log up to two miles a week for the next three months.  Then, they get to run the last mile of the Pig course, [...]

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Sharpening

  So, it’s time to start the sharpening process.  Up until now I’ve been running strictly easy runs, under a heart rate of 144.  This past weekend our team long run was the Mt. Everest route, mostly hills and large ones at that.  There was no way I was going to keep my HR under [...]

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