Last week was a solid week of training as I ramped up the mileage. I increased two of my weekday runs as well as both days on the weekend. I tried to keep intensity down as I was mainly trying to get the body used to a fair amount of weekly miles. Today, my quads [...]

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Saturday was my first trail run of the year and couldn’t have picked a better day. Sunny - low wind - 50’s - air felt fresh and clean - low humidity! It was one of those wow days. I was looking forward to see how the body would respond to the subtleties of the trail [...]

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Here is a little something to mentally nibble on as you start your weekend and train for your first 5k, marathon, 100 mile, triathlon, or any other type of event.
“The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth - that strength can only be developed by effort and [...]

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If you are looking for some variety to your treadmill workouts, here is one of my 5 mile workouts from last week.
This workout basically consists of alternating 1/4 mile hill and flat-land intervals every mile. I felt this was a good workout for me to start adapting to hill and speed work again, without stressing [...]

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G trying out daddy’s ride.

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“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” - Forrest Gump
This quote kind of sums up the week. It started off pretty quiet and routine and ended with my son and wife taking turns vomiting. G started feeling ill (stomach virus) on Friday afternoon and my wife started [...]

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My first race of the season (President’s 5k) was going to be this morning but life happened instead. My son little-G (10 1/2 months old) started vomiting Friday afternoon and it continued on a few times throughout the night.
The race was going to be a family affair as my wife was going to run the [...]

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