Author: seanv2
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Another Day, Another Couple Miles
I did a set of deadlifts two days ago for the first time in at least six months and man, my legs are still hurting. I have to find a way to get reular strength training back into my routine without giving up miles and without adding too much more time to my training regime.…
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Body Weight and the Marathoner
If I am going to become fast enough to qualify for Boston (a goal that is at least two years and probably four years off), a number of things have to happen. Most importantly, I have to get faster (duh) but in order to get faster, I need to get stronger and I need to…
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Finding time to play
It has been raining non stop here and so I have been running on thr treadmill the last couple of days. I hate running on the treadmill. Hate it. But being in the the gym has been great otherwise. I’m getting in the miles, but also giving myself time to just play. Yesterday it was…
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Training Totals 5/3/09
Recap – Two months into getting back into training seriously, injury raises its ugly head and I get a minor case of plantar faciitis and suddenly, my plans are in the toilet. I am a creature of habit and having to deviate this week from my planned runs drove me insane. But, after taking Friday…
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Injury
Gah! I hate that even though I only added 10% to my weekly run totals, I am definitely suffering from Plantar Faciitis. Sucks. I woke up this morning and the heel of my right foot was pretty sore. I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and actually really cut down on…
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189
Did a decent four mile run in the heat just now, got back to the gym and weighed in at 189, that’s the second time in three days my weight has been in the 180s. Saturday post run it was a way ynder hydrated 186, yesterday I was back up to 191 and now today…
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Training Totals
Recap – This weeks plan was to add some small bike milage and keep my running miles the same, then after feeling strong on Monday I toyed with the idea of upping the milage by two miles. By Wednesday, the beginning of plantar faciitis was lurking around the edges of my right hell and I…
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Long Run
I am in the middle of exams right now and had to squeeze my long run in from school. School is right near the National Mall, which I have run around roughly ten million times, so I decided to try out a slightly new route. Down the mall, around the Lincoln and then hang a…
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Training Plan for the Summer and Fall of 2009
Training Plan for the Summer and Fall of 2009 The Goal: To race a decent fall marathon free from injury. The Plan: I have registered for the lottery for New York, a race I’d really love to run again. If I don’t get into that, I will register for the Hartford Marathon, a race which…
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The Importance of Consistent Training
There is a brief and superficial article in the New York Times this morning on the importance of consistent and long term training to success in sports in general and running in particular. The article focuses on the need to join a team or get a coach. I’m considering these options. When I’m at a…
Milo and the Calf 