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The lamenting taperer

Yesterday, my stomach was in knots… today, it’s not much better. I have that “I FEEL SO HUNGRYYYYYYY” feeling in my stomach but nothing is appealing. Well, except for comfort food. And comfort food to me is chocolate… LOTS of … Continue reading

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Final Daze

“Where are you?” [With the fear that my already altered routine, would yet be rerouted again] “Just about to get on Pellissippi…” [My Spidey-sense telling me that a trip to a certain school] “The School called, The Elder threw up … Continue reading

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Taper minus 10

Roger that! There are 10 DAYS, well technically 9 and some change and I will on the road to complete the first of two marathons back to back. This will be a first for me, as I have done 2 … Continue reading

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Pre Race Day #1

Well, I didn’t exercise at lunch today because I am in another mini-taper for my Thanksgiving race – Autumnfest 8k. I would like to thank the co-worker that brought in what can best be described as Terrybane… or commercially known … Continue reading

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Race Week Taper

It is common practice (almost mandatory) in marathoning to decrease the amount of miles ran per week progressively as you approach marathon day. This transition is called The Taper and is probably the worst part of the whole marathoning training. … Continue reading

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Marathon Jitters

Talk about being nervous, this is it, down to last few days before the race actually starts. I saw on the website that there are about 3200 people registered for the marathon at this point! That is a BUNCH of … Continue reading

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