Tag: personal record

Race Report: Air Force Marathon

.Reading time 37 minutes.

So I kind of fell off the blogging bandwagon. I could make a bunch of excuses about life being nuts (true), but I’d rather skip to the goods. I went into this training cycle with an aggressive goal. In November 2012, I ran Philadelphia in 4:17, just wanting to finish. In October 2013, I dropped […]

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Race Report: Man-Up 10K (plus future racing plans!)

.Reading time 20 minutes.

I went into this race with two goals: run it, proudly, for my Granddad – whose life was taken in September 2009 by two cancers, including prostate (this race benefited prostate cancer research) – and try to have fun. I wasn’t expecting miracles. Hell, I was expecting to be all that fast. So why is […]

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Race Report: Montour Trail 5K

.Reading time 12 minutes.

I know, I’m behind. I’ve had some pain/pre-injury issues, a lot of skipped workouts, and a 5K PR two weeks ago at Run Around the Square (noted later). But this race was the most encouraging moment of the season, so I’ll focus on that. My knee was making me very, very nervous. After SEVERAL skipped […]

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