Running things and eliminating caloric deficits. Usually with pizza. And beer. And donuts.
Well hello there! I haven't been posting nearly as often as I used to, but when you have something worth posting you go for it. Lots of things still aren't back to "normal" yet, but we're working on it. One of things that we did manage to get back is Lynchburg's beloved Virginia 4 & …
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Woah. Time flies when you're having fun. I wrote up a post for weeks 1 and 2 and planned on sticking to an every other week schedule for posting. I guess that fell through cause here I am finishing up week 7 today. I plan on an easy 5-6 miles later today, if my legs …
This week has been a weird one. The 4th of July (hope you all had happy ones!) meant a Thursday off in which I had to go back to work for one day, since I didn't really have any vacation to burn. However, the office gods smiled upon us because our power was out! I …
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I'm back from a long weekend that involved not quite 2 hours of running, but involved over 7 hours of driving. Needless to say, I'm in need of a rest day. That was a lot of driving in a 24 hour period, but it's not all the time that I get an opportunity to run a race that I'd heard SO many great things about. It helped even more that some friends of mine were going to be there and so graciously allowed me to crash on their extra hotel room bed (you're the BEST, Clark and Abby).
I'd heard many great things about Shamrock and the legends are real. It's really not just the race though, it's the whole kitten kaboodle. There's an 8k on Saturday, which I unfortunately could not attend and of course they have an after party for that. Sunday is for the half/full marathons, which both start at the same time and the same place. I like that.
Good morning! I hope you all had an excellent 4th of July, whether you were celebrating Independence Day or not. Last week, I decided that I was ready to give racing a try and signed up for the local Percival's Island 5 miler. It's flat, fast and fun. If you're just now tuning in, I …
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I'm starting this post at night, which isn't my usual thing but my wife is having a girl's night tonight and I'm just kind of sitting here alone so why not. I've been extremely optimistic for these first several weeks since my injury. That's mainly because optimism seems to be embedded in my DNA, but …
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Hello everyone! I hope you've had great weekends in whatever you're doing. If you've been reading these, you might know that this weekend was the Richmond Marathon, which I trained hard for 16 weeks to prepare for with the hopes of a Boston Marathon Qualifier. Unfortunately, things just didn't work out the way that I'd …
Hello again! I feel like I've been writing too many of these lately. I promise that I won't be so chatty and needy once I get this pesky marathon thing knocked out. Of course my title is a song, but it's an easy one this week. This week's training had a bit of a reduced …
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Ahoy hoy! Saturday afternoon isn't generally my normal blog post time, but sometimes you just can't wait. Today has been SUCH a good day! My 2 oldest kids and I ran the CASA Superhero races this morning and I'll start by saying things went well. I ran the 5k and the kids ran a fun …
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Happy Sunday, everyone! I'm currently resting my tired legs after a tough 20 miler this morning. Once again, I moved my long run to Sunday due to Saturday awesomeness. This week's long run was HUGE for me as far as my physical readiness and for my confidence. It was my last of 3 20 milers …
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Run, Eat, Ralph 