Archive for October, 2007
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
MCM Training (the final week)
Last week of training for the 2007 MCM. This week calls for an 8 miler on Sunday then just some short runs during the week with the marathon next Sunday. My foot is still giving me lots of trouble with plantars fasciitis so I may not be doing much running this week in hopes of [...]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
MCM Training (week 11)
Here we are two weeks out from the Marine Corp Marathon. This week is pretty tough but then we start tapering so as long as things go well this week we should be good for the Marathon.
Sunday’s long run (18 miles) was a little more interesting this week. The weather was much nicer (about 74 [...]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
MCM Training (week 10)
Nick made it back from California late Saturday so we’re ready to do a 20 miler today. Nick has been non-stop since last Saturday and jet setting all over the country, not to mention riding 6-gap last Sunday. He was a little apprehensive about the run today but we headed out anyway. Our remaining long runs [...]
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
MCM Training (week 9)
I forgot Nick was traveling to CA this week so I’m on my own all week. This could be tough but I guess that means more time to think about life. Just to update, Nick rode 6 gap Sunday. A very tough ride in the mountains of North Georgia with 10,000 feet of climbing in [...]
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
MCM Training (Time to think)
On my own today. Nick was off to 6 Gap with most of our riding buddy’s so I’m on my own to run 16. I haven’t ran since last Sunday’s bonk so I’m a little nervous. I ate well Saturday night to make sure nutrition would not be a problem again. The run started off [...]
