Archive for October, 2006

  • According to an article in Marathon and Beyond: Start your first 6 miles as such: MP + 30sec MP + 30sec MP + 20sec MP + 20sec MP + 10sec...

    Pacing

    According to an article in Marathon and Beyond: Start your first 6 miles as such: MP + 30sec MP + 30sec MP + 20sec MP + 20sec MP + 10sec...

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  • So I had a thought the other day coming home from work. Columbus and Chicago a week apart probably wasn’t smart. But I just recalled a nice little run next...

    target race?

    So I had a thought the other day coming home from work. Columbus and Chicago a week apart probably wasn’t smart. But I just recalled a nice little run next...

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  • My mom has been running a fair amount lately: she actually ran a 5K PR on Sunday! For her birthday I sent her John Bingham’s “No Need for Speed” and...

    She gets it :)

    My mom has been running a fair amount lately: she actually ran a 5K PR on Sunday! For her birthday I sent her John Bingham’s “No Need for Speed” and...

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  • Ok, I’ve decided you really do have to do your target race before your ‘pretend’ marathon. I am so itching to run!!! I haven’t been tapering well this time. I...

    taper madness?

    Ok, I’ve decided you really do have to do your target race before your ‘pretend’ marathon. I am so itching to run!!! I haven’t been tapering well this time. I...

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  • I didn’t take the time to post, but yesterday’s date sat well with me. The Steamtown marathon was Oct 9, 2005. The wonderful, fabulous “Pfitz really works” PR-perfect race. I’m...

    I didn’t take the time to post, but yesterday’s date sat well with me. The Steamtown marathon was Oct 9, 2005. The wonderful, fabulous “Pfitz really works” PR-perfect race. I’m...

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  • I was listening to an iRunningradio podcast the other day, and Jim set out a guide to what your heart rate should be during the marathon itself. While I’ve done...

    Columbus Strategy

    I was listening to an iRunningradio podcast the other day, and Jim set out a guide to what your heart rate should be during the marathon itself. While I’ve done...

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  • I haven’t felt like I had the greatest training period this summer, so I’ve been trying to figure out my goal for Chicago. I decided to look back on my...

    looking back

    I haven’t felt like I had the greatest training period this summer, so I’ve been trying to figure out my goal for Chicago. I decided to look back on my...

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  • no Andrea! Speedwork is not a race. “The most effective running intensity to improve your VO2 max is 95 percent to 100 percent of your current VO2 max. Well-trained runners...

    speedwork, part deux

    no Andrea! Speedwork is not a race. “The most effective running intensity to improve your VO2 max is 95 percent to 100 percent of your current VO2 max. Well-trained runners...

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  • 145.5 miles Two races: Dayton Air Force Half: 1:41:56 – PR by 10 seconds Homestretch 20 Miler: 2:50:55 – PR simply b/c its my first race of this distance I’m...

    September totals

    145.5 miles Two races: Dayton Air Force Half: 1:41:56 – PR by 10 seconds Homestretch 20 Miler: 2:50:55 – PR simply b/c its my first race of this distance I’m...

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  • Got up yesterday morning to a drizzle. It was pitch black as I went out to Highbanks to meet the gang. It was still pitchblack when I got there; fall...

    weekend long run fun

    Got up yesterday morning to a drizzle. It was pitch black as I went out to Highbanks to meet the gang. It was still pitchblack when I got there; fall...

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