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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 11

Burning off the Bacon

My total milage for this week was terrible, but for good reason. I’m surprised I even put in what I did with the Inauguration festivities (partying with Lady Gaga or getting up early to run 8 miles, you tell me?) and the subsequent recovery. I think I literally bruised the balls...

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Tuesday Afternoon Marathon Meet-Up: Week 10

Burning off the Bacon

Don’t worry. I haven’t given up. This post is simply delayed due to the long weekend and all of the Inaugural festivities (YAY!). Anyways. I continue to struggle with long runs, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s almost entirely mental. Last weekend, I drank myself silly, had no...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 9

I gave myself written permission to slack last week, and to some extent, I did. But it wasn’t just wine or laziness that prompted a few skipped runs. I experienced a familiar, stabbing knee pain during Tuesday’s run and figured I’d better not mess with it. By Sunday, things seemed...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 8

Various Other Ramblings

Training for your first marathon is exciting. Every long run is a milestone. You’re running longer than you’ve ever run before and the sense of accomplishment overpowers the pain. Training for your second marathon is just a huge pain in the ass. You’re forgoing things you’d really like to be...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 7

Burning off the Bacon

Our runs are starting to get up there in distance now. This week’s long run was only a two-mile increase, but for some reason I draw a line between “less than a half marathon” and “more than a half marathon.” Perhaps because I do half marathons from time to time...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 5

Burning off the Bacon

I’m not really enjoying marathon training this time around. I remember last time, after my long runs, I’d get insane runner’s high. I would be downright giddy the day after. Perhaps I’m just not to that milage yet. But regardless, training feels harder this time around. I feel slow and out...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 4

Burning off the Bacon

This week was rough. Wednesday I was so exhausted that I decided to cut our run short, and Thursday I skipped my run altogether. I had yet another head cold (how is it possibly for a human being to get this many colds?!) and was just generally under the weather. Luckily,...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-up: Week 3

I stuck with the schedule this week, but it took willpower. Those cold evening runs are not my thing. In fact exercising in the evening is not my thing. Evenings are my free time. This race training has definitely got me exercising more than I otherwise would. But that may...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 1

Burning off the Bacon

First week of official marathon training went well. I got all of my training runs in, even running to happy hour one night to squeeze in my four miles. That’s definitely dedication, although whether it’s dedication to running or drinking I’m not sure. For me, a run doesn’t really feel...

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A Training Plan for an Unplanned Marathon

Burning off the Bacon

A marathon was always a bucket list thing for me. Run one, check it off, and move on to something else. It was only while incredibly intoxicated–under the the influence of a true runner’s high–that I seriously considered doing another. Jana and I would be sitting at brunch post 16,...

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