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2013 Bucks County Marathon Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my third marathon went. What: Bucks County Marathon When: Sunday November 17, 2013 – 9am Where: Washington Crossing, PA up through New Hope Time: 3:32:38 Pace: 8.06 min/mile Place: 39/305 AG Place: 9/32 Pre-Race Activities We were blessed with a late start time (9am vs.…
2013 Dam Full Marathon Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my second marathon went. What: Dam Full Marathon When: Sunday September 15, 2013 – 7am Where: RB Winter State Park Time: 5:25:20 Pace: 12:18 min/mile Place: 21/59 AG Place: 6/12 Pre-Race Activities My wife and I were staying outside Harrisburg Saturday night so had to…
I Feel The Need For Speed
After 9 days of waiting, I finally got my speed workout done this morning. While I was rather anxious about how it would go (fast is a 4 letter word after all), it turned out better than I feared. The workout was on my local high school track with a 2 mile warm-up, 3 mile repeats with…
2013 Delaware Marathon Race Report
Note: I’m posting all my old, pre-blog race reports. Here’s how my first marathon went. What: Christiana Care DE Marathon When: Sunday May 12, 2013 – 7am Where: Wilmington, DE Time: 3:47:43.40 Pace: 8:41 min/mile Place: 159/601 AG Place: 17/37 (Male 40-44) Pre-Race Activities The start/finish and expo was located in Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park, which…
Digits: January 2016
Below are my numbers for January. Everything generally on track for where I hoped to be. I did miss one day of my 4×10 challenge during the month, but am not going to beat myself up too much as I did manage to run a 50K that day. February looks to be more of the…
So Fast It Took No Time
My first speed workout was scheduled for yesterday and went so quickly it took no time at all. I mean that literally though since it never happened. If you’re like me and living in Southeastern PA, then you know that there’s currently 20-24 inches of white stuff still sitting on the ground. Now it’s true I’ve…
Blizzard Run!
OK, it wasn’t quite a blizzard out this morning, but there were a couple inches of snow on the roads. There were still some snow flakes drifting down and portions of the run had some sort of sleeting/frozen pellet precipitation falling out of the sky. The conditions were far from the worst I’ve ever run…
When Less is More
I’m only 3 weeks into my C&O Canal training cycle and I’m already starting to rethink things. Back in the day (like last year), this never happened. I got out my excel spreadsheet, plotted out my daily runs over the next 20 weeks, and did them. I never changed the schedule. I didn’t change what…
Phunt 50K Race Report
What: Phunt 50K When: January 16, 2016 9:00am Where: Elkton, MD Distance: 50k (31 miles) Time: 6:19:42 (12:15 pace) Place: 53rd of ??? overall What a thoroughly enjoyable race. A lot of that is attributable to the great weather (mid-40s, sunny), but the race organization and course also made it a lot of fun. The…