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2015 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on January 1, 2016 by planet3rry

Flying Monkey Marathon November 22, 2015 The Reaping Once the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon became popular the race director moved to a lottery format to chose the stupid lucky participants. The selection involves a weighted randomization scheme and while I don’t … Continue reading →

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Warrior Mode Update

Posted on December 26, 2015 by planet3rry

This was supposed to be the first part of a series of updates on the my training for the Pistol 50k (31 miles) which I am running on January 2nd 2016 in memory of my late Taekwondo instructor/mentor James Rich. However, some … Continue reading →

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Training, better late than never

Posted on September 11, 2015 by planet3rry

This post was originally laying out, in general, my training regiment that I would use for the Fall Marathon season. That changed with my diagnosis of pneumonia earlier this month. I haven’t ran since 8/13, a week before the first … Continue reading →

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Monkey Wrench

Posted on September 7, 2015 by planet3rry

My nemesis, Pneumonia, decided to pay me a visit last week and throw a monkey wrench into my life.  Thankfully, this go around is of the lesser impact type and can be treated with medicine and patience. I knew that it had … Continue reading →

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Here Comes The Monkey

Posted on July 30, 2015 by planet3rry

Getting to the start line of the Pistol 50k will require a lot of work. I’ll be building my training program for it shortly and will have some key milestones. One of which, I hope, will include the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey … Continue reading →

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2013 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on January 2, 2014 by planet3rry

“MONKEY!” – Race Director Trent Rosenbloom (Monkey Trent, Bib # -1) starting the race instead of firing a starter’s pistol. It’s a long wait from the beginning of August, finding out that you won the lottery, to donning an official … Continue reading →

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2012 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on August 30, 2013 by planet3rry

Bananas in black! Just a mere 8 days after my PR finish at the Chickamauga Marathon, I was getting ready to run the Flying Monkey Marathon (11/18/2012). The Flying Monkey Marathon is my absolute favorite marathon, the culture around the … Continue reading →

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Before the Fall

Posted on June 5, 2012 by planet3rry

I just posted my May running recap and while I was writing that post, I wondered what my June and July would bring. I had a friend at church ask me if I was running any summer races. My reply … Continue reading →

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Marathon Uncertainty

Posted on August 1, 2011 by planet3rry

There’s a dark cloud that has begun to loom over my plans of running a fall marathon. What’s worse is that time is running out, fast! The Flying Monkey Marathon registration will open on August 1st at 8am Central. Being … Continue reading →

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2010 Flying Monkey Marathon Race Report

Posted on May 21, 2011 by planet3rry

2010 Flying Monkey Marathon Percy Warner Park, Nashville TN November 21, 2010 [ed. Note: I noticed that although I wrote the majority of this blog post 3 months ago, I am not finally finishing the Race Report exactly 6 months … Continue reading →

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