Marathon Training

Eating To My Metabolism – Revisited

March 27, 2013

Somewhere along the way, it seems like counting calories became a bad thing. At times I have felt guilty and embarrassed because I do so. Why do people who look down on this practice care? To each their own. It may not be something that works for everyone, but it works for me. Last Fall [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Nutrition, Resting Metabolic Rate, Sports Nutrition

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I Went To NY To Run The Marathon And Ended Up In Hell’s Kitchen

November 5, 2012

Talk about a week of high’s and lows. At the start of last week the San Francisco Giants won the World Series. Serious high went on over here. Then the storm hit the Northeast and we weren’t sure if there would still be a New York Marathon. Then we got an email from NYRR on [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, New York Marathon, Running

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20-Miler

October 21, 2012

I’ve been doing all of my long runs on Saturday’s, admittedly so that I wouldn’t miss any NFL games. But with the 49ers not playing on Sunday for a few weeks we decided to switch my long runs to Sundays for the last two weeks before Race Day. I was a little worried about how [...]

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Recapping the Past 2 Weeks

October 20, 2012

I didn’t write a training recap of the week following the San Jose RnR Half, but it went something like this: Monday: 2-hr Thai Massage that was so tough after 90-minutes I asked if it was almost over. Tuesday: Weekly Acupuncture Treatment Wednesday: ART Treatment by my chiropractor (first visit in 6 weeks) Friday: Weekly [...]

Tagged as: Injury, Marathon Training, Running, Weekly Workout Recaps

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The One Not Finished

October 7, 2012

Today I ran the San Jose Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon and pulled out two-thirds of the way through. And I am not really sad about it. The Back Story Sun, 9/30 Rest Day: after last weekend’s 18-miler, I recovered nicely. Mon, 10/1 A scheduled 40-minute Swim workout but I overslept – Rest Day #2. [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Running, San Jose Rock 'n Roll Half-Marathon, Weekly Workout Recaps

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18-Miles – Grateful To Be Able To Do This

September 30, 2012

Last week’s 17-mile Run was hard. As in what Miles 20-26.2 feel like during a marathon. It’d been 4ish months since I last ran this distance and I forgot how hard it is. With the pain and suffering fresh on my mind, I had so much anxiety leading up to this weekend’s 18-miler. With only [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Running, San Francisco

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Rest Days Are Magical

September 16, 2012

Once upon a time I used to hate Rest Days. Prior to delving into the marathon distance, I was a group fitness junkie. I loved to take as many Group X a week as I could possibly fit into my schedule. So along with running, I would have “two-a-days” Monday through Friday and my “Rest [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, Running, Strength Training, Weekly Workout Recaps

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Tidbits from the Long Run

September 9, 2012

Today is a Rest Day, and after the past week, I had hoped to be able to sleep in and get up just before the first football game. You see, this past week I forced myself to get back to early morning running. I used to be that person who was up at 5 am [...]

Tagged as: Marathon Training, rest, Running, Strength Training, Swimming, Weekly Workout Recaps

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