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And then there was one

Yesterday marked the successful completion of marathon #91 and state #49 for me.  The long journey through the states is almost at an end.
The family and I flew into Boston, then drove up to Providence.  A very laid back Saturday finished up at a brew pub for some proper carbo loading.
The next morning we woke […]

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6 Weeks to go

We are six weeks out from my sister’s first marathon, and my 50th state.  Two weeks ago we ran a 15 mile hilly run and she did fine.  This weekend she ran 14.5 on a less hilly course but paid for it a little more.  Here she is after the run:

I am pretty proud of […]

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Sore Back

This morning I woke up and my back was killing me.  I ran with my little sister yesterday for 15.25 miles.  She is training for her first marathon towards the end of May and I wanted her to get a longish run in.
We ran about 3 minutes per mile slower than I would have if […]

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Wish me luck

Tomorrow morning will be the first time I’ve run more than 4.5 miles since the Snickers Marathon 3 weeks ago.  In that race I pulled my calf and have been struggling to rehab it ever since.
I was able to run four days this week around 4ish miles each time.  My calf was feeling better, but […]

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Injured

I pulled my calf in the Snickers marathon a week ago.  I tried running a few days later and made it 2 miles, then rested again and tried again and made it 2.5 miles.  I’ve been trying to take it easy and started wrapping it yesterday.  It is really driving me crazy not being able […]

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