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Training Tales and Race Reflections

MadCity 10K (or 'Did I mention I love my treadmill?)

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Hey folks, just a quick report. Quick and Painless Version: Previous Best: 51:53 (2 years ago, same course) My goal: Sub 50 minutes Actual Time: 49:15 Bit longer version: So, many of you know that I, unlike most folks, enjoy running on my treadmill. It's easier for me to 'jump off' if I...

by User avatar runswithscissors

This is so embarrassing (race report)

Shamrock Shuffle 8K, Chicago IL As they like to call themselves, this is the world's biggest 8K. They cap the runners at 25,000, and this year over 20,000 finished. Somehow by a respectable half-thon split at last year's Chicago Marathon, I got a classification (!) of Preferred II. There are three...

by User avatar Guest

Lickitysplit's First Marathon = Disney

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Ok it was my first marathon. I enjoyed it more then I thought. Me and my friend Jeanine were in the same starting corral B which was great. She and I did all our training runs together. We started off at a good pace. Our first 6 miles were about 9:20 s. Then I had to stop to go the bathroom and...

by User avatar Guest

Akron Marathon Relay

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No idea what place our team came in but we finished in 3:08 or thereabouts. Not bad for a bunch of 40 somethings. I did my 10k leg in 41:13 (6:39 pace) which is a pr by 3 or so minutes. I broke my 2nd of gtwo goals this year with this one - break 42 mins in the 10k. I'm so damn happy I'm going...

by User avatar robp

Tom King 1/2 Marathon

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All I wanted for my birthday was a sub 2 hour 1/2....well not this birthday :x 2:01:26 :x However, it is a PR by 3 minutes

by User avatar pokychick

Where do you run?

I was thinking, were do you all run? Do you have your favorite routes? Do you run the same route all the time or do you switch around a lot? I run a 2.25 mile loop around a reservoir. It is on pretty busy streets, and passes by a college and two high schools. I also pass by two or three "city...

by User avatar monk25

Raleigh Marathon report

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Well, I can now say that I have run a marathon. I can also say that all the advice about starting out too fast and dying the last few miles is also correct. :( Brief story: Finished in 3:54:40 so I was happy to break 4 hours. My 1st half pace was 8:00 per mile and the second half was 10:00...

by User avatar PackerBacker

Steve Cullen Healthy Hearts 8k

This was my first race since I started to seriously train for Madison. I was a little anxious about it, after all I am in the best shape of my life since early HS and I am running ~32 mpw, if I don't see improvement I will be quite disappointed. The weather was a lot warmer than it has been here...

by User avatar Running Brewer

Another reason to keep running...

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past the finish line. During my senior year in h.s. we were participating in a track meet at another school. Final event of the day was in progress, the two mile run. Our star track guy was destroying the field and the gap between one and two got bigger throughout the race. He had even lapped a...

by User avatar robp

The drama that was my first 5K-updated with official time

Well, I ran my first 5K Saturday. There were tons of people there (it looked like tons to me anyway) so at least I figured I wouldn't finish last. And while I didn't finish last, I sure thought I would. I started in the middle of the pack like. The horn blew noting the start of the run. By the time...

by User avatar MrsPug