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Introducing the Ger
As our story begins your narrator, me, the Ger, is a thirty four year old man raised in a reasonably observant Irish Catholic home. The Ger was confirmed in the Catholic Church and then basically never went to church again. For years he wasn’t very religious at all. At times, he was downright hostile to…
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Stir Crazy
I am trying to be a good boy and listen to the doctor. I haven’t run now in six day, and I am losing my mind. It is one thing to not get a run in because you’re too busy, that is frustrating, but to not get a run in because you’re injured is a…
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Injury Update and Weekly Totals
So, doctors appointment this morning, and officially, I have tendinitis in my left foot. Yes! No stress fracture! He wants me to take a week off and see him again. We’ll see about that, I’ll take at least the next couple of days off and then see how I feel. Anyway, weekly totals were: 16.5…
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Injured?
So, the last couple of days the top of my left foot has hurt while I ran, this morning, it hurt when I woke up. I’m hoping this is nothing, but I worry I have once again made a rookie mistake of going too hard too fast. Best case scenario is I am a wimp…
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Friday Inspiration
The return of friday videos to get you excited for weekend long runs. Here is one of Anton Krupicka who long runs are looooong. Like a hundred miles long. Krupicka is definitely a dirty hippie, also a really interesting character. Check him out customizing his shoes to make them more light weight and unobtrusive at…
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Running Around the Web
The first in a series occasional posts linking to other things on the web of interest to runners: Anton Krupicka is a crazy man ultra marathoner, he is also a pretty good writer. Here is his write up of not finishing the Leadville One Hundred this year. Worth reading. Krupicka is really into minimal running…
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back at blogging
It has been a while since I posted on here. Life got seriously in the way of training and of updating this blog over the last two months. First there was studying for the Bar, then the Bar itself, then catching up at work, and then vacation. My running log shows that my weekly mileage…
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Training Totals 6.28.09
RECAP Life is pretty ridiculously busy for me these day. I basically study for the bar, work, and run. Occasionally, I turn on the television to find out that Michael Jackson is still dead. Still, I am proud to say marathon training has stayed on track. I think the busier I am, the more important…
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Friday Inspiration
I am now neck deep in bar review, and unfortunately don’t have as much time to update here as I’d like. Still I didn’t want to miss friday inspiration! I have ten miles planned for tomorrow, which is a nice dialing back from last week’s 12 miler, and while I am doing it, I’ll be…
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Training Totals 6.14.09
Training Totals RECAP – YES! I know to many of you more serious and more veteran runners, this is not a big deal, but for the first time in years, I hit a total of thirty miles this week. That feels great. Now, I have a week or so to play with before my marathon…
Milo and the Calf 