Sep 28
With the Grand Rapids Marathon less than 3 weeks away, I began to think about how little I have actually trained for this race. Yet, I feel like I am more prepared than ever. Don’t get me wrong, I have trained like crazy, just not in the way I have trained for a marathon in …
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Sep 26
Slept in, read, and took a nap this morning. Couldn’t get myself going until after lunch for some reason. It ended up being a beautiful day today and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a long bike ride. Ended up riding the White Pine Trail for a 51 mile ride. Accidentally ran over a …
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Sep 25
Or, why was I worried?? My training run this morning was awesome. It was my best ever 20 mile run to date and it was a huge confidence boost. I showed up at the run site (John Ball Park Zoo) around 7:30 this morning. There was already quite a few runners there and lots more …
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Sep 25
After introducing a new feature to my blog a couple weeks ago, I have been remiss at adding a new poll. The first poll didn’t quite work out as planned as the poll service I was using, BlogPolls.com, had a hiccup and I had to remove it because it causing the page to not load. …
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Sep 23
We have had an unseasonably warm week so far which has made for some great workouts. Now that my bike is finally fixed, I am taking every excuse I can get to go out for a ride. I’ve been fairly busy with work though, so I have had to keep the rides fairly short. I …
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