May 2012

Rest Week = Good Reads

May 28, 2012

Everyone has Fat Days; I’m having a Fat Week. I took a Rest Day after the Portland RnR Half Marathon and then was scheduled to go on a short run. But my knee was still feeling off so I opted for a 30-min workout on a stationary bike (first time in years) followed by a [...]

Tagged as: Good Reads, Nutrition, Reads, Running

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Portland Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon

May 24, 2012

I registered for this race a year ago, just a few hours after finishing the Vancouver Marathon. My cousin Lauren had just run her first half marathon in Vancouver as well, and after that race, we were updating her family on how she did. There was a 1-day special price for $50 so we all [...]

Tagged as: Family, Half-Marathon, Portland Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon, Races, Running

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Plans Changed

May 22, 2012

It’s been a few days since this past weekend’s race and I’m still trying to gather my thoughts on how I feel about it. You see, it wasn’t the race I trained to run. For the past several months I trained for the Ogden Marathon. And if you’ve read my posts from the last couple [...]

Tagged as: Running

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Week 18: May 1-6, Plus a Few More Days

May 10, 2012

I’m not going to do a daily recap of Week 18 of 2012 – May 1-6. Instead, I’ll just say that with the exception of 30-minutes on the Stair Climber, 1 Strength Training Workout and 1 Bikram Yoga class, all I did was run. I ran 5 out of 7 days and 4 days in [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Running, Weekly Workout Recaps

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22-Miler

May 6, 2012

I spent Friday afternoon mapping out a route for my 22-mile run. I had planned to return to the City, repeating my 10-mile route from last weekend, but adding in 2 jaunts across the Golden Gate Bridge, with a few laps around Crissy Field mixed in. I was feeling good about the route, ate and [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Running

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