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Friday, December 24, 2010

Florida is jacked up.

I ran last night with tights, pants,long sleeve & jacket the temps in the high 30's and the night before it was in the low 60's & I ran in a t-shirt & shorts. In a 24 hrs period there was this much discrepancy.

Either way 60's are nice To run in.

Listened to kLaNk's broken. Made think of being broken. Will write more on this when I have time.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

all the Christmas lights

I ran very late Sunday night. It was actually really early Monday morning at midnight. It was also cold, but my marathon training can't wait.

I like running at night in general but especially during this season because of all the xmas lights. I'm a child like that. Bright lights fascinate & distract me.

It was another cold run. Maybe in the 40's. Only 2 miles but it was late and cold. I know these two milers will soon give way to 3.5 miles which will give way to 5 milers and soon I'll be running 50 miles a week. That's probably for 2012. I will hit 1000 miles in 2011 though. Maybe more. 2011 is the year of resurrected running goals and being able to attain them.

What are your running goals this year?
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

my little runner

I have 3 boys the oldest of which is 6 and in kindergarten. Today they had their 1 mile challenge. When he came home today he was wearing a bracelet that said, 'New Berlin Elementary Mile Run Club'. He was one of two kids in his class to run the mile. He ran it in 12:30. Not bad. So my 6 yro has his first PR!
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Around the 'hood in 4 miles

Started last night's run in the upper 40's with Prong's Rude Awakening to get the blood pumping. This temp is much more manageable than running with a wind chill of 27 or whatever it was Monday night. If you run 2 loops around my 'hood you get 4 miles. I don't know what my time was... this is not something I spend much TimE worrying about. that is odd for a runner. Most of us live and die by the numbers. I do,but only one number... the distance one. I set goals for myself for the year and know what it takes to reach the goal on a weekly basis ad then go for that. However, with my new challenge of running a marathon I have decided to run several races to get me in race-ready mode. With the running of races comes the need to be aware of my times. Most likely starting in the first of the year I will start timing myself again. Tracking not just distance but time too.

I hope that we can challenge forward in our running goals. Will you help challenge me?
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Yes, it gets cold in Florida

I have lived most of my adult life in Florida. Remember that as you read this account. 35 degrees + 16 mph wind = 27 degree wind chill. That's cold. Granted I only ran 2 miles, but it was cold. It wasn't the cold as much as it was the wind. Once the wind died down it was bearable. Got any good cold weather run stories?
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The Challenge has been set

As I mentioned previously, I was looking for a marathon to run in approx. one year. I have decided on the Walt Disney World marathon on 2012. Anybody wanna run with me?

I like to run

Here is a new blog set up to chronicle my exploits as I run and train for a marathon. Yeah, you heard it right. I plan to run a marathon 12 months from now. I will spend the next 12 months training and planning for this epic event. Join me on my journey that is no doubt going to be an epic adventure.