Adventures of a Reluctant Runner

Virginia Beach - Rock n Roll Half Marathon

2007-09-01T14:05:21Z

I've been a bad, bad blogger. No posts in the last 5 months. Not much running either. Summer's almost gone. My bad, my bad. Explanations are forthcoming, but no time to explain. Out of country. 4+ months traveling outside the country. Saudi Arabi...

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A short run

2007-03-04T15:50:15Z

So, finally after weeks of finishing the Big Run, I went running outside. Last 2-3 weeks' foul weather contributed to general indoor treadmillin', which is, I should say, just not fun at all. Nothing to look at but dumb terminals, the same old TV ...

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Seeking a new target...

2007-02-16T03:36:07Z

With one target down, I'm now searching for a new target run. In the not-too-distant future, I hope. There is a 10 mile Cherry Blossom Run on April 1st that I'm signed up for. That promises to be a great run. Sakura season is my favorite time her...

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Miami Marathon Report

2007-02-13T17:10:50Z

The rubber has hit the road, and what a road it was! A drenched, soggy, slushy, puddle-filled road that stretched twenty-six miles but seemed like a million. But I’m going ahead of myself.. It’s been over a couple of weeks since the Miami Maratho...

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How to run a marathon... in 3 easy steps

2007-01-27T02:23:53Z

"Running a marathon is easy - it's just a 10K after a 20 mile warm-up." So goes popular T-shirt wisdom. And as far as T-shirt wisdom goes, this is about right. Indeed, with just a day left for the actual run on Sunday in Miami, this is NOT the ti...

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The Coldest Run

2007-01-21T18:52:52Z

What do you get when you mix 20 degree temperatures with 25 mile per hour winds and a hundred crazy runners? Some really frozen, foul-mouthed runners. Yesterday we had the coldest run of the season. After being spoilt every Saturday with unseaso...

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10 days to go...

2007-01-18T20:49:49Z

That's right. Just ten days left for the big run! And how do I feel? It's a strange butterflies-in-tummy feeling, and I don't know why. Perhaps, it's this picture... The course looks rather large, twisting from the mainland to the island, over...

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23 miles, and counting...

2007-01-14T17:20:26Z

Reluctant runner has been a trifle reluctant in blogging as well. Last weekend's 23 mile run was a tough one. Hot weather, a slip-and-fall injury and some random things made it a tougher run. To start with, weather was in the 70s (in January!), s...

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20 miles - Yay!

2006-12-16T23:48:25Z

Twenty miles today. Yay! It's been a while since the last post. Much water has flown under the bridge since then, not to mention many miles under the belt. First, 17-miles a couple of weekends ago, then a 10-mile recovery run last weekend, and no...

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I'll take the vintage red, please...

2006-12-01T13:39:04Z

What would you do to look like a trained athlete without the training? To be young, to live long... Will you take 'wine pills'? This may be a bit of old news for regular athletes and other news junkies... As NYT and other sources report, an ingre...

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