My daughter and I ran the Governor’s Land 5K on 11/21/09 (watch the virtual tour). In the week leading up to the race I let her know that, for the first time, we were racing each other. Previously, we would stay together and look to push each other. This time, since she has never run [...]
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3 weeks to go
Capped off this last week of training with another 12 mile long run. I picked a different route that will allow me to get to York River State Park as part of the marathon training I need to start for the November race. So far I have 4 races on the calendar for this year: [...]
4 weeks to go
After one week off from the long run due to the install of the new version of SnagAJob.com, I got back into the groove with a 12 mile long run Saturday. Since Megan and I are also training for a 10 K (5 weeks out), her and I ran the first 4 miles together and [...]
Nice trail run
Finished a nice trail run with my daughter today. Did a couple loops for a total distance of about 5K. The trail has one section with stairs that we used for some plyometric exercises. This gave me some cross training benefit and gave her ideas on how to jump properly! Her and I are training [...]
5 weeks to go
5 weeks left to the first half marathon for my season (Dismal Swamp Stomp). Last year it took 2:05 and was my first true distance run. I actually won one of the cash prizes for being the guy that was the median for my age group. Not too fast, not too slow. [...]