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T-minus 2 days…

..until my first full marathon. For those just tuning in, I’m running a full on trails this Saturday. Here’s some more from my training log; let’s pick up where we left off: 3/22 – 7.06 miles with 1,247 feet of … Continue reading

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All I do is…

…post training logs! I swear I have a race in like 2.5 weeks. That’s what all the following stuff is about. Let’s pick up where we left off: 3/8 – 6.74 miles, group run at Tilden with Pat, Jamison & … Continue reading

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And we train…

Since we last spoke… 2/19 -6.93 miles, was supposed to be a rest day but I really wanted to run. 61.81 miles for the week of Feb 13th-19th 2/20 – 6.84 miles, ran from Sibley Staging Area to Tilden’s Steam … Continue reading

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Great week of training…

Here’s the last 10 days or so since I last updated my training log 2/9 – night group run at Redwoods; 7.14 miles 2/10 – rest day 2/11 – 18.42 miles; Redwoods, started at 6:05 am; headlamp’d it for the … Continue reading

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Today’s run was 7.11 miles, about 2 were on the world famous Tahoe Rim Trail. It was untracked and a few drifts were knee-deep. Probably the most fun I’ve had running in a long time. This was just west of … Continue reading

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Beardcicles! 6.76 miles yesterday, Stateline, NV through So. Lake Tahoe along route 50. Started at 6 am, was 22 degrees and flurries. Awesome. Confession: I have never and will never ever run on a treadmill.

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Today’s run…

…was a 3 hour, 11 minute and 8 second romp through the Redwoods that started at 6:05 AM in the pitch blackness with a glorious fog replete with periods of rain and mud. Did the first big loop of ~11.3 … Continue reading

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Joe Gentsch: Road to the Olympics: Why?

rungentschrun: I train harder because they told me it can’t be done. In their eyes: I don’t have the knee lift and leg power, I started too late, I am too far behind, my body has physical limits, my speed … Continue reading

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Update: Training Log

I haven’t updated since the last race (Jan. 28th’s Steep Ravine). So, here’s the training log since then: 1/29 – rest 1/30 – 7.04 miles 1/31 – 4.73 mi (speed workout on Oakland Tech’s track) JANUARY TOTALS – 165.94 miles, … Continue reading

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Steep Ravine 30K yesterday…

…totally kicked my ass. Probably because I ended up running an extra mile or so (damn confusing trail markers!) before some runners coming down the switchbacks into Muir Beach were like “you’re going the wrong way!” So I turned back … Continue reading

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