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MCM Training Week 12: Lots of miles and the Great Race 10K (race report)

October 2, 2013.Reading time 17 minutes.

This past week was the second to last hard week of the cycle – the one right before peak week. And I hit my highest weekly mileage, for a training week anyway (I did run 50 in a 7-day period because of my run-crazy trip to Seattle at the beginning of September. Oops?). I was […]

Staring down the Beast

July 3, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

So training for the Marine Corps Marathon starts on Monday. (and no, we’re still not done writing our training plan. Thank goodness it’s a holiday week?) This will of course be our second full marathon, Philly 2012 being the first, run just-to-finish-standing-upright in 4:17.31. Training went (mostly) great, despite a couple twisted ankles (one for […]