HEY HEY HEY! I received my marathon pictures in the ole email box the other day and thought that I would let you have a look see: Click on the picture to open up a new window and go to the photography website I thought that it was really cool that I started the race [...]

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Terry went down to Georgia, he was looking for a PR to set. He was in a bind ‘cos he was way behind: he was willin’ to take a bet. Whether it’s your first, your 10th or your 100th, you will never leave a marathon without learning something. Sometimes it’s about you as a person, [...]

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Training Motto: Train, Just in Case. Here is the grade: Expo/Registration: B ; I didn’t go to the past a dinner or pre-race pickup., I drove down from Knoxville the day of the race. I did have a little trouble getting to the race site. THe directions on the race form and the directions from [...]

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This is one nice thing about deciding at the last minute to do a marathon. You don’t have all the extra lamenting on whether or not you trained enough, are you ready for the race and the other things that go through your mind during the Taper period. Not that you don’t have them, they [...]

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Okay, it’s official! This weekend, under short notice, I will be running my 10th marathon at the Chickamauga Marathon. Now this course and I have a little history together. If you have ever heard the Phedippidations episode about Race Day Strategies, you’ll know that strategies that I suggested, I learned from this experience. Know The [...]

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I was a slacker this weekend, in other words, I failed to run on Saturday or Sunday. I had taken Friday off as a rest day but my chance never materialized on Saturday and Sunday was taken up so I got to do nothing. This is why I switched Monday from a Speed Day to [...]

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As I was running today, I though of a number of titles that might be suitable for today's entry. It could have been titled “Flu and Tetanus” or “Fatigued” or something else. I started today getting two shots, one shot was the Flu shot and the other was my Tetanus Shot which I was over [...]

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