The forecast was for some wet weather in the area for today’s race. It never showed up when it was supposed too and good thing too. When it did show up in the evening, it was a monsoon. At lunch while we were eating our GFCF pizza, My Lovely and Talented Wife asks me, “Are [...]

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Santa does show up at the Reindeer Run. No really. Apparently the Alcoa High School track coach is Santa “helper” and puts on a “fat” suit and races with his “reindeer”. THe “reindeer” are really “high” school student with “fake” antlers. “Are you ‘tired’ of the qoutes yet?” Actually in addition to the actual Race, [...]

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Now that I have the marathon PR in my back pocket, there is time now to look on the calendar for the rest of the year. On the docket is Autumnfest 8k and the Reindeer Run 5k. Autumnfest 8k (Thanksgiving Day) – My Lovely and Talented Wife and I run/volunteer at this race every year [...]

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Sunday afternoon just in front of the World Headquarters for the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant corporation, the third leg in the Ruby Tuesday's Triple Crown of Running began in a flurry of fast runners. My ambition that day was to be part of the fast runner group and maintain a pace that would have me break [...]

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I didn't train yesterday due to Ryan's illness and today I was working on a report that was due, so I skipped today. Tomorrow will be a rest day as well since I will be at the house. So we'll see how I fair with the race on Sunday. I briefly thought about my pace [...]

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