Marathon Training Journal: Day 9

Marathon Training Journal: Day 9

More Intervals? But I did them last week! My Marathon Training  journal entry for Day 9 brings more intervals. It’s my most dreaded workout of the week. There are times when I don’t mind them, but I can’t plan those days. You know. The ones where all the planets align and the run just goes […]

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Marathon Training Journal

Marathon Training Journal: Day 8

Training Journal: Monday, July 31st It’s end of a month and the start of a new week. This is the start of week two of marathon training. Running Behind Things didn’t start on schedule today. I had a lot of things going on this past week and weekend and it’s been really busy, outside of […]

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Marathon Training Journal: Day 7

If It’s Not Fun, Why Do It? It’s day 7 of my live marathon training journal and it’s time to have some fun. My Sunday run is completely unstructured. It is anything I want it to be. Usually when I leave the house, it’s still a blank canvas. I like to merge from the warm-up […]

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Marathon Training Journal Day 4

Marathon Training Journal: Day 4

Marathon Training Journal, Day 4 Carries More Pain! I am in so much agony today. Between the core session on Monday, the cross training yesterday and the runs on top of it all, I feel like I’ve been beaten up in a brawl. I even tried rolling out my shoulders and upper arms with a […]

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Marathon Training Journal Day 2

Marathon Training Journal: Day 2

Never Be Too Quick To Judge a Run Marathon training, Day 2 and here is my training journal entry. I make sure I do a thorough warm-up before I start my run. Even so, it takes at least three miles before I really find my groove in the workout of the day. The first couple […]

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Marathon Training Journal Day 3

Marathon Training Journal: Day 3

Training Journal Day 3: I am still feeling a bit sore … alright then, really sore … from Monday and yesterday’s hard repeats didn’t do much to help. In fact, they didn’t help at all. I guess that means they are doing what they should: waking up some lazy muscle groups!

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Marathon Training Journal

Marathon Training Journal: Day 1

This is the first official day of my training program, although I set yesterday as my start date. Marathon Training, Day 1.  Let the fun begin! The marathon training cycle is long enough.  If you add or lose a few workouts along the way, it really doesn’t make a big difference. It gets swallowed up […]

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