tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88666615227980275172011-04-21T18:55:51.929-05:00My adventures unto 26.2G. Twilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01342575304352820004noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866661522798027517.post-51286899915972257672007-09-15T12:26:00.000-05:002007-09-15T12:32:46.662-05:00

I've notice that I'm getting more and more out of shape. I recently bought a new pair of Brooks running shoes for a literal steal off of Sierra Trading Post. These are the first pair of brooks I've ever owned [really]. They're fairing okay for now, but it may not be best to ask someone who is trying to get back into running after a seven month sabbatical from it [with sporadic runs here and

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Twilley in Philly

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That is, I forgot how good it feels to run... Mapmyrun has a new format, and Gene likes it. You can check out today's 3 miler here.

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You can check out my run here. First serious run in a month + awful allergies = a lot of phlegm and me almost throwing up in front of dreamland bbq. I had to start back sometime. 25:03 2.83 miles.

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You can check out the full results here. If you're unable to tell by the picture, that's a Mohawk. So, now I can say that I have 26.2 under my belt. I walked away feeling [generally] good about marathons - about the experience of being in one, the instant camaraderie you have with other runners, and cool gifts and food people lavish on you as you run and finish the race. There were 2,457 half

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The Mercedes Marathon is one week away. In celebration of my first running of a Marathon, I've decided to throw up a special vote. You, the reader, are entitled to help me choose what kind of haircut I'll have on race day. Now, to make this as democratic as a vote in our very own Republic, I've narrowed the choices down. You can vote here! I've also put a voting link @ the top of the page. Drop

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I ran a little over 5 yesterday morning. Here's tonight's run. Nothing extraordinary. I ran through Homewood. I ran over Red Mountan, past the rear end of Vulcan, god of the forge. A note: city folk are much more friendly than the people who are driving on Hwy 75 between Oneonta and Center Point. Well, most are...except for the drunks yelling at me from Zydeco. At the very least, drunkenness

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Yesterday's run was supposed to be longer, but I just got tired of it all. You can check it out here. I got tired of the roads without shoulders. I got tired of the unending straightness of the roads. I got tired of the dearth of scenery. I got tired of the rednecks who kept honking their horns at me. So, I called Laura to come and pick me up. By the time she arrived, I had only run about 17.6

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You can check out my run by clicking the picture to the right. I know it's been some time since I've posted, but [fyi] I've definitely been doing more running than blogging. Last week was my "easy" week, so my three runs were 6 or 7 miles, depending on the day. This week I ran 5 miles on Tuesday morning, 7 miles on Thursday morning, and [accidentally] 20 miles today. I've noticed that there are

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Not much notable about tonight's run. For some reason, I've been very sleepy during the evening hours [I'm talking about the period in between dinner and morning]. I actually slept from 6:00pm to 9:40pm tonight...then I woke frustrated because I didn't run. That said, I decided to go by my runner's world schedule and run 2 miles tonight [since my friend hasn't sent me a tweaked schedule as of

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Check out my run here. With the assumption that I will increase mileage every weekend, I guess I could really wear out the title, but I'll only use it this once. Tonight's run was so much different than last weeks. I only walked about two blocks out of the whole run...which was 15.07 miles. I burned more calories in one run than some people burn all day [that would be 2300]. There is a good and

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I didn't really time myself tonight. I'm guessing that I ran between 6 and 7 miles; I'm not altogether sure because I started talking to myself and I lost count of how many times I had run around UAB's track. If it was 14, then I ran 7 [I think] altogether. Tonight was supposed to be speed work. I was supposed to run 3 1600m sets @ 7:35 [that's about a 7:35mile; 1600m = .98something miles..or

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Check out my route here. So here's the deal. My Runnersworld schedule told me that I should run 2 miles tonight [actually, last night, but last night I was too bust getting angry at Publix, where shopping was not a pleasure - another post for another blog]. A friend whose help I've enlisted in training [I've actually asked him to be my "Coach," and I hope that he is tweaking my schedule even as

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Check out my route here. My run on Saturday was supposed to be 13 miles. I was really pumped about it too; it would be a day of firsts. It would be the first time I would use gels during my training. It would be the first time I would run 13 miles [practically a half marathon]. It would be the first time that I carried a pace chart [handwritten] while running. It would be the first time I would

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Check out my run here. My legs have felt awfully tight when I started out tonight [probably because I didn't run for 5 days]. This, undoubtedly, made my first mile hard and slow. My first mile on this route is mostly uphill - I try to make a lot of them that way these days. The middle mile, however, was smooth with only a hump in the middle. My first mile took almost 10 minutes. I ran my second

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Check out Monday's run here. Check out Friday's run here. Running weeks go from Monday - Sunday [as Sunday, for most, is the big day - the day of Marathon], so I still have time for my last run of the week. This week was meant [by my training schedule courtest of Runnersworld.com] to be a short run week. After this week my long runs start increasing by twos rather than by ones [i.e. - my next

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Check out my run here. I’ve been doing my long runs on Sundays due to various circumstances [my preferred day, to be honest, is Saturday]. Today, Laura is working on some prints in Montevallo, so I decided to come down with her and pull off another long run at our Alma Mater. Today’s run, if you haven’t checked the link, was 11.12 miles. I’ve never run this far in my life [all at once that is].

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I ran here on Tuesday morning. It was nothing extraordinary [except that it was extraoridinarily warm for a November morning]. I ran an 8:20 pace, which is nearly what I should be running for my speed work day[3 miles @ 8:12 currently]. Felt good about the run, overall.

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On Thursday, I participated in the first annual Locust Fork Turkey Trot [put on my my sister in law and her cousin in law]. There were 13 in attendance. I think I did 6 miles, but it could be more. Sara is definitely much faster than I and really pressed my training pace. Last night I did another 10 miler. You can check it out here. I call it "1 Hilly Run," because it seemed like I was running

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[Check out my run here] Someone told me that I really need to watch out for other people when I run in the city at night. A lot of my runs take me to the north side of town, which seems a little more forboding considering that there are no businesses [or relatively few] that are open there at night. There's some validity in that. When you take a look at the FBI's highest crime rates for cities,

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I haven't run tonight [I almost did, but figured it would be best to rest a little]. I thought I'd pass some stellar sites your way. www.mapmyrun.com Occasionally, you may see "Check out my run here," at the top of a run blog. The word "here" is actually a hyperlink to a map of where I ran that evening. I used to believe that mapmyrun overestimated my mileage, but Josh's wife, Amanda, said that

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[You can check out tonight's run here] While many of you were putting yourselves down for the night [possibly] I was finishing up a 9.15 mile run [tonight's pace was 9:38/mile]. The run didn't come easy [My wife and I had to do some pretty hard finagling to convince me to run...yes, my wife and I]. I decided to eat dinner before I went on my run - it's a habit I'm trying to train my stomach for.

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[You can see our run here] Tonight was much different than runs of recent - I ran with a very attractive woman who also happens to be married [to me]. Laura hasn't been much for exercise since we've been back from South Korea [she's been somewhat sick since we've been back, but is gradually coming to health]. She hasn't run much at all, but she went 2.5 miles with me tonight @ 10min/mile!

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[I'm listening to Suddenly Everything Has Changed by The Postal Service] My blood pressure was slightly [and strangely] high, but my doctor’s assistant told me that it wasn’t really worth worrying about. I was more worried [to be honest] about my weight – I weighed in at two bucks. I may start to watch what I eat a little more, may even cut back on the libations – I figure if I can run lighter,

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I went 4 on Thursday night at about 8:52/mile. I had placed moleskin on the bottom of my foot- where the blister is - and later discovered that the moleskin is not supposed to go on my blister. Needless to say, I had some kind of time taking the ultra-adhesived product off the bottom of my blister. The blood blister simply hasn't gotten better [but, it seems, hasn't really gotten worse either]

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I'm not 100% satisfied with my time yesterday, though I'm not 100% dissatisfied either. When it comes down to it, there were things that I didn't do during training that I should have done and I'm certain that there are things that I did wrong altogether. My face on this picture, however, is satisfactory as it makes me look mad [not in an angry sort of way, but in the mad sort of way wherein you

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Running this tomorrow [if you haven't looked @ the link on the right].

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So. I ran tonight. You can see my run here. I thought "Gee, if I don't run, I'll be really out of shape for Saturday." I kept thinking about how little mileage I'd put on this week [if I only ran on Saturday and Monday, I would have only run a total of 9 miles, which is less than I ran on last Saturday alone]. So I ran. I ran in gloves, a boggin, and I left my glasses on. I had on wind breaker

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My hammies have been a little hurt lately - I think it might be over exertion [I was pushing a lot more mileage than I should have]. I've decided to rest them a little while because I'm not all together sure how they'll perform [they were still a little sore last night] and I'll stretch them out on a short run tomorrow. To be honest, I don't think it's my hammies as much as it is my ligaments -

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You can check out my run here. I've never really run listening to music before [tonight]. Not too long ago, I thought it was a pretty unsafe and impractical practice. I read a recent Runner's World, however, and read from the pens of fellow runners that it's really not unsafe or impratical at all. So equipped with an arm band I purchased for less than $10 off of eBay [yes, this is after

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10/23 - 4mi @ 9:50/mi10/24 - Rest / XT10/25 - 6mi inc Warm; 4mi@8:22; Cool10/26 - 3mi @ 9:5010/27 - Rest / XT10/28 - 8mi @ 9:5010/29 - Rest / XT

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Check out my run here! I went 2 100th's of a mile short of 10 today. I guess I could have run one more block, but I'll save that barrier for another time. I was actually only supposed to do 8, and I really do feel like I've overdone it. I have a new blister on my right foot [this isn't so much of a big deal, but I just drained the other overly large blister there on Wednesday]. Thanks to

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Sometimes it's better that you should spend time with your wife.

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You can see today's run here. Needless to say, this morning is a time where I'd rather not be running. I was stopped by just about every light and at every possible intersection. I had an overly heavy fleece on. My legs were hurting [not sharp pains, just dull "you should have stretched me the last time you ran you idiot," kind of pains] until about the last mile. My blister on the bottom of my

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I'm listening to Sufjan Stevens, "The Avalanche..." Check out my run here. Rush hour could quite possible be one of the worst times to run. Ever. I've run very similar routes to the one above during early morning hours and late evening hours - those were all dandy. Rush hour yielded about 6 - 8 red lights [and Don't Walk signs]. I would wager to say that they slowed me down for a minute or two [

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Today's run is here. La was working on artwork at our Alma Mater and I decided that it would be a wonderful setting for my next long run. When I was attending the University of Montevallo, I thought that this route was actually about a mile shorter than it is. I started out under the shade of trees hanging over cold pavement near the University. My run didn't start until about midday, though

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I'm reading Christianity and Liberalism tonight. Tonight's run is here. She asked, “Where can I find the bus?” I stopped and said, “Walk across the street and then walk down a bit and you’ll find a stop.” She was older. Her two friends beside her were completely toasted. He said, “Hey man, slow down!” I kept running – it was dark out and I don’t know him. He turned, swung his

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I'm listening to Feels Like Home by Norah Jones. Tonight's run is here. I didn’t run this morning. I woke up too late. It was too cold. I needed to get ready for work. This afternoon, I lounged a bit. Time went by. It was cold outside. It was cold in our apartment. It was getting dark and the weather was rainy all day [it still is]. I kept telling Laura, “I don’t want to run.” She finally

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I'm listening to the CD Forest by George Winston. You can check out my run here. It was more hilly than I expected. It really seemed like I was running up hill [I know, impossible] the whole time I was running. During the run I thought about how funny it seemed that places are not often how we imagine or remember them to be. For example, I would have sworn that Valley Ave. was flat by memory -

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Morning Star I stepped out onto the deck from our apartment. It was cold. It was dark. It was windy. If there was any solace to the situation, it was the fact that when I looked up I could see so many stars so clearly through the patchwork of clouds. I walked the trash down the outdoor steps and felt the chill air caressing my skin. The air itself seemed to goad my constitution to walk back

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Still listening to Automatic for the People by R.E.M. I sat in the small conference room feeling a little nervous. I had been working at the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, AL for 3 months. In another 5 months I would be married to a wonderful wife. To be honest, I was sure that she and I would be able to get by on my hourly wage of $9.25 [if you don’t want to do the math $19.4k/yr] at the

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