Week in Review

102 miles 11 runs 15-mile long run 2 Frappuccinos 3 meals from Life Alive (#obsessed) 3 AFDs (oops) It's hard to believe, but this marks 7 of the past 9 weeks at 100 miles or higher. For most elite and professional runners, this is bordering on mundane. For most "normal" people, this is bordering on insane. For me, someone whose ability and mindset resides somewhere in the middle of those two groups, it is unquestionably the longest stretch of...

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No Rest For the Wicked 5k: At Least I'm Consistent

AM: 8 miles easy PM: 2.5 mile w/u Target: 5k tempo Actual: 4.99k in 17:16 1/2 mile c/d Daily total: 14 miles The last time I ran this 5k fun run almost a month ago, I finished in 17:17. The week before that, 17:20. So I suppose I shouldn't be entirely surprised that tonight I finished within a few seconds of both of those efforts. I've got consistency going for me, which is nice. Unlike those other two instances, however, this one was special due to a particularly high concentration of Karhu and Craft participants. In honor of our new hire, Stacy,...

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(Pacific Northwest) Week in Review

102 miles 11 runs 3 states and 1 province (MA, OR, WA, BC) 12 hours on airplanes 5 AFDs Badass view from my hotel in downtown Vancouver. Stanley Park is the huge wooded area between the buildings and the mountains. The left side of my view. Not too shabby. Ahhhh I'm overdue for an update as promised and I don't have time to provide an adequate one right now...but I wanted to at least get the stats down (and share a few sweet pics) before...

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Charles River Tempo

~3k w/u Target: 12 miles @6:00 pace Actual: 5.5 miles @6:00 pace; 5 min. bathroom/jog break; 2.5 miles @6-5:45 pace; 3 mile c/d Total: 13-14 miles Despite being fewer than 24 hours removed from a busy week on the west coast and a redeye flight (all of which I will recap in my "Week in Review" if you can stand the suspense until then), I was excited to get up early and head into the city for this run. The air was cool, the group promised to bring a positive vibe, and I would finally be reunited with Emily after a summer apart. Never mind the fact...

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(Record High!) Week in Review

106 miles 11 runs 16-mile long run 4 days in ATL 4 AFDs Knowing that I spent the entire weekend in Atlanta, one would assume that the title above referred to the temperatures. But no--the weather was unseasonably, unreasonably mild--and, indeed, I'm happy to report that I set a new all-time high mileage record! To be honest--and I hope via type I'm able to convey this in a way that sounds adequately incredulous and not the least bit boastful--I was actually shocked by how easy it was. I'm starting to realize something that real elite runners usually...

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Week in Review

100 miles 11 runs 17-mile long run 2 runs with Dad 1 5k victory 3 Frappuccinos By all accounts, this was a successful return to high mileage after last week's relative break. I'm still equally pleased and perplexed by Thursday's near-PR 5k despite having done no tangible workouts in several months. Heck, I ran a full five seconds faster than at the BAA 5k in April--arguably a faster course and better weather--when I was crushing 5k and 10k workouts left and right. If anything, Thursday reinforced my commitment to stay the course with this "Summer...

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Beverly Yankee Homecoming 5k

AM: 45 mins. easy (6 miles) PM: 2.5 mile w/u Target: 5k race @17:10-17:20 Actual: 17:06 Results I don't have time to write about the race now, so hopefully this article from the Salem News will suffice: I will say I wish they'd posted my chip time, as in that case I would've actually tied my road PR set two years ago at Greek Fest. Why is this important? Simply because it strengthens my running resume to be able to list a PR more current than 2010. Of course, the easiest solution is just to hurry up and run sub-17, a goal that still eludes me....

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