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August 19, 2004 planet3rry No comments

08/19/04
You may or not have been able to tell from my website that I have been making some minor adjustments here and there. One big adjustment that I am making is the Update list on the bottom of this page will have active links to some of the pages that I have edited for easy surfing. I am also trying to uniform the style of all my HTML links through out my site. That is the links have the same color/style/font etc. This will take me a while for me to get it all worked out, but not unfathomable.

I am enjoying watching he Olympics on TV and am getting excited about the Track and Field events. I am especially excited about the Marathon and Triathlon. The track events are exciting, I prefer the 5k and lower, for some reason the 10k just isn’t as fun for me. My running is coming along nicely; I have the Scholar’s run scheduled for this weekend. My current PR for this race is 22:07 which was my 5k PR for sometime. However, they changed the course back in 2000 to something much more difficult. I prefer this course, but it is a good training course for speed and hill work. There is a killer hill near the end, which just not only is steep, but winds upward as well. The finish is slightly downhill, that makes it nice. I ran on the 18th at 5:15 in the morning around my neighborhood. This was the first time that I successfully made it out of bed at that hour to run. I managed 1.75 miles at a speed that I though was fast, but turned out to be slower pace than I thought (9 minute 1 second).

I have my sights eyeing the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville on December 20th. Now, we are going to be in Orlando early in January, which coincides with the Disney Marathon. I am wondering if that is something that I can do as well. Jen P told me that if I sold Mary Kay products for her the profits would go toward paying for entry fee. The fee is close to $100, which is expensive for marathons! Rocket City is only $30 if I pre-register. So if you want to help me, shop online at Jen’s Mary Kay website (24/7) and put in the comment: Terry’s Disney Marathon. You’ll get some great products to make you look and feel great and I’ll be able to run Disney. WIN-WIN for both of us.

You probably notices the weather picture to the right of the screen. This is the current weather in American Samoa. That way, when I am there, you can see the weather that I am up against. It stays in the lower 80s almost all year round. We should be out of there before the rainy season (Dec-Mar). I am hoping to get to the National Park that is there. I will, at some point do some running while I am there to keep my training up to date

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December Update

December 18, 2003 planet3rry No comments

I see that it has been over a month since I have updated this page. Shame on me. Well, let me get to it.

I finished the semester with a 4.0. Yes, my second 4.0 semester, ever. I got an A in my epidemiology and multivariate classes along with satisfactory in my non-grade classes. So school is going well. I just have to study for my retake of the comps this January. I am also working a the SCC for the holiday break, but we are closed the entire week of Christmas… WOO HOO.

Eric had been doing really well up until this week. He had a high fever this week and now has a cough and sore throat. The fever is gone but he is still uncomfortable. We are trying to keep him hydrated and as comfortable as possible. Hopefully he will be better for next week since we are having a bunch of people at our house for Christmas.

Running has been pretty good. With the ed of the semester, I have not ran much at all, I had wanted to run a PR time at Autumnfest, but no such luck, I did not have the training for it. The next Sunday I ran the Reindeer Run and I hit the wall at mile 2.2, but managed to finish with a decent time. In my defense, I had been sick since Thanksgiving and was just beginning to feel better. Most recently, I ran the Jingle Bell run here in Knoxville with john Fields and that was nice to get some more running in. Since Eric has been sick, I have not been able to get any running in at all during the week. I guess it is not a lost cause because I got a bug of some sort that I am trying to beat. Oh, well. that is about it for the most part.

Congratulations to John Devaney for finishing his 3rd marathon on December 14th in a time of 07:08:27.

Devaney Honolulu
Honolulu Marathon

I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Devaney’s 2nd Marathon

October 27, 2003 planet3rry No comments

10/27/03
I tried not to go another 2 weeks, but I think that is what it is destined to be. Oh well, at least then I have something to talk about.

First of all, Congratulations to Devaney for completing his SECOND marathon this past Sunday. He finished the Marine Corps Marathon despite the heat and being sick. He has an ambitious schedule to run another marathon in December, but this time in HAWAII!
Devaney Marathon

As for my running, I ran the Run for the Pumpkins this past Sunday in a time of 24:01. This represents shaving 1:30 off of my previous 5k as I get back into racing form. I didn’t win anything in my age group for this race because the 3rd place person came in at 19:20 for my age group.

Eric is doing just fine. He is getting a little bigger, but most noticeably he has discovered his thumb. He is also strengthening his legs when we try to stand him up. He is getting closer to sitting up on his own, but that is still a few weeks away. He will be going in for his 4 month check up in 2 weeks where he will be getting his second round of shots. YUCK.

School is going well for me so far. Nothing too exciting on that front. Until next time…

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Richmond training starts

August 1, 2002 planet3rry No comments

Today is the official start of my Marathon Training for Richmond (November 9th). On Today’s plate is a nice 3 mile jaunt providing that it is not super hot and humid outside.

Typical marathon training programs consist of 5 types of runs (Rest, Easy, Tempo, Interval and Long). most of my friends think that I do long runs all the time, which is not the case. Long runs are the staple of any training program, as they teach the body how to deal with lactic acid build up in the muscles. Lactic Acid is the by product of the body creating energy and is a component on what is lovingly called as “hitting the wall”. Easy runs are just what they sound like, head out the door and run at a comfortable pace. Tempo runs are faster but are less than a running pace you would do during a race. Interval training is the beast of them all. Interval training consist of running intervals of fast pace for a short distance and then a short recovery run then repeat as necessary. The goal is to run longer intervals with shorter recovery run, this is basis on how to run faster longer. I don’t have to worry about training for hills, because everywhere in Knoxville is a hill.

For myself, I am planning on running 4-6 days a week with at least one Long run, one day of rest and two easy days. The other days will be filled with cross training, tempo and interval depending on my schedule. I usually count soccer as a short interval (speed) training though it would be ideal to do intervals on a track. I plan on running a few races over the course of the training months, they count as interval as well, but I won’t be doing very many of them because of shortage of extra cash since I am going back to school. I am planning on doing the 2nd Mr. Arfns Run in October in case anyone is interested.

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