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Race Report (2012 Grizzly Peak Marathon)

I thought I’d get out for a run today but I’m still too sore. So, a race report instead. Okay, I guess I’ll start from the beginning. I woke up about 5:15 AM, I wanted to eat as much as … Continue reading

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Of course my eyes are on my finishing time. Of the 50 folks that started the marathon, 16 DNF’ed. The course was that hard, it was all anyone was talking about at the finish. I’m ready for my next marathon; … Continue reading

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Top ten finish!

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Grizzly Peak Marathon

4:51:53 6,389 feet of climbing. I finished 9th overall. 2nd in the men’s 30-39 age group. I got a medal. Actually I got 2 medals. Pics and official links to follow.

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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 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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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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