It is official, I am now registered for the 2012 Woodlands Marathon on March 3rd! While I had previously hinted at a spring marathon, I finally registered for one. I actually began training for this race back in November. I had revisited my goals for 2011 and realized I needed to ramp up my running …
Tag Archive: marathon
Jan
09
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Oct
18
Race Report: Grand Rapids Marathon
Or, my first GRM as a lifetime runner. Or, PRs really hurt Oh dear Lord am I sore today! Holy crap. I haven’t been this sore in a long time. I felt 10 times better than this after IMWI. Expo We hit up the race expo on Saturday morning. As always, the GRM puts on …
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Oct
17
Race Report: Grand Rapids Marathon
Well, I’ll get the exciting news out right away and keep you from waiting in suspense. I finished the Grand Rapids Marathon this morning in 3:26:35 – an 8 minute PR! I had a great race; the weather was gorgeous, the race was well organized, and most importantly I had fun! Now, if you want, …
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Sep
28
A Different Approach To Marathon Training
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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Apr
10
Conquering the Martians
First off, I want to give a huge “Thank You” to everyone who commented, emailed, called, sent a telegram or sent smoke signals after my last post. As you could tell I was in a rather pessimistic mood and had a depressed out lookout for my marathon this morning. All that worrying was for nothing. …
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