And We’re Off!

Yay!  Today is the first day of the next sixteen weeks of my life!  Or something close to that.  In a few moments, I am going to play by the rules and go do a core and upper body workout.  Tomorrow I’ll go to my 6am cycling session, then tomorrow evening get a 2-3 mile [...]

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Training officially kicks off tomorrow!

Tonight, it’s house cleaning, and laundry.  Mostly to get this place in a shape that I don’t have to put a ton of effort in this week while I’m focusing on my training plan. 
Tomorrow is scheduled to be “active recovery” day, which means “do something physical other than run”.  Swim, bike, core exercises, stretching, that [...]

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3 days til kickoff

This morning I filled out and returned the Week 1: Assessing Your Current Fitness page, which will help the coaches figure out what to do with 65 runners and walkers of varying capabilities.  Soon we’ll have the call times and I can get that on the schedule.
Failed to make it to my cycling session this morning, [...]

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Training Kickoff – Four Days Away

Training officially begins on March 31, and I’m starting to get nervous.  I have no doubt that I can train for, and complete, the 13.1 miles.  It’s the fundraising I’m concerned about.  This must be natural for anyone who participates in a fundraiser of this time.  This is my first one though, and hence, nervous.
I [...]

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Five double u’s and an h

Preparing for a half marathon can be a huge undertaking – time, energy, effort, motivation.  I completed the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon last year, with a time over 3 hours.  3:07 something, I think it was.  This year, I’m going back, and I want to do it better.  
With that in mind, I registered in January for the [...]

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