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Make It a Masterpiece: Fourteen Good Miles
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Sunday, May 10, 2015:. I am training for a marathon, even though I don't really know when the next one will be. This is a change. I have run marathon after marathon, getting slower and slower, so now I'm trying to do it right, actually training for one. Running through neighborhoods, the smells are interesting. Early I smelled a wood fire - someone was taking the edge off the cool weather with their fireplace or stove. Then I s...Subsc...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 20 Miles & Plenty Left
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Monday, August 03, 2015. 20 Miles and Plenty Left. Monday, August 3, 2015:. Pace 14:21 - not bad. If I never needed to stop, and could go just another 6 miles at that pace, I would finish a marathon in 6:17, a little faster than my last one! I took five Clif Shot gels along the way, several salt tablets, and 16 ounces of water every four miles except the first four. Saturday, August 1:. We went a little beyond our scheduled turnaround, probably walking 2...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 09/01/2014 - 10/01/2014
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Sunday, September 14, 2014. I ran and walked 10 miles today, my longest run in quite a while and my "long run" for the next marathon, three weeks hence. We ran on the Gateway Trail, where I have experienced two of my recent three hamstring injuries. No injury today! I would like to do a longer long run, but there isn't time. From now until the marathon I will do shorter runs, hoping to avoid any more injuries. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Make It a Masterpiece: Sixteen Easy
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Monday, July 20, 2015. All walking except for three little runs in the last quarter mile. No pains at all. Zero whining, and the last 4-mile loop was almost as fast as any of the other three. This is a good thing. Maybe my problems with the right hamstring are behind me (*wink), though I'm close enough to the next marathon now that I'll just keep walking, with very little running, to avoid an injury. Maybe 18 miles next week? Runni...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 03/01/2015 - 04/01/2015
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Thursday, March 26, 2015. Tuesday, March 24, 2015:. I ran for 25 minutes up to the Quick Trip, then 25 more back to home, and repeated that on a slightly different route. Maybe ten miles next week? Splits: 24:36, 24:25 (total 49:01 to here), 25:09, 25:31, total 1:39:41. Links to this post. Sunday, March 22, 2015. Friday I got lost trying to run a new five-mile route near our new home. Today I ran that route with no problems - I'm starting to learn my wa...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Sunday, June 21, 2015. Longest, Fastest Bike Ride. In recent memory, that is. 24 miles at a pace of about 13 mph. The first ride over 18 miles, and the first over 12 mph. I don't think I worked any harder on this ride than I have before - it's just a slightly easier route with fewer hills, mostly on trails that were once railroad tracks, hence not steeply graded. Also the wind was not strong and, as with hills, wind hurts more than it helps. Today I walked ...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 02/01/2015 - 03/01/2015
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. In the Lost Dutchman Marathon I had a little trouble with my left hip. At the time I thought it was hip flexors, which do give trouble from time to time but are never a limiting factor, and they always clear up soon after the marathon. Not so this time. I need to take two or three days off for healing, maybe more. But there's another marathon coming up pretty soon . Links to this post. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. I had a good r...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Monday, July 20, 2015. All walking except for three little runs in the last quarter mile. No pains at all. Zero whining, and the last 4-mile loop was almost as fast as any of the other three. This is a good thing. Maybe my problems with the right hamstring are behind me (*wink), though I'm close enough to the next marathon now that I'll just keep walking, with very little running, to avoid an injury. Maybe 18 miles next week? No pr...
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TICKS, POISON IVY, & BLACK BEARS: October 2008
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TICKS, POISON IVY, and BLACK BEARS. PHOTOS AND STORIES FROM NORTHERN WISCONSIN. 50 Mile Fun Run. The alarm went off at 5:00. I made coffee but couldn't talk myself into eating anything. Sweet. Breakfast yesterday, half a sandwich for lunch, no dinner. Coffee for breakfast. Sure, that's all I'll need for 50 miles. Chris and I headed out the door to meet everyone at Cafe Wren. Mitch, Erik, Steve. That's the attitude we usually take on this run. It's just a casual 50 miles with friends. From about mile 18 t...
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Make It a Masterpiece: 05/01/2015 - 06/01/2015
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Make It a Masterpiece. Don's Daily Running Log. Friday, May 29, 2015. Building back up from the hamstring injury. Today I ran/walked in a ratio of 1 to 2, five miles in 1:01:41, for a pace of 12:19. It seems like the pace should work out to be a little quicker, especially since I pushed the run/walk ratio a little on downhills, but the figures don't lie. Biking is good too. It may not be good training for running, but it's great exercise and helps preserve an overall level of fitness. Thursday, May 28:.