i run to eat

I did it, I had a long run and didn’t totally keel over!  Originally, the plan was a 7-miler but last night I had dinner with a friend who is training for a half marathon in 2 weeks and it got me really excited.  So excited in fact, I was even entertaining the idea of …

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I survived my 10 miler this morning despite drinking a whole bottle of wine last night. Good thing I was at least with it enough to drink a ton of water.

This is also the first long run in awhile where I have fueled properly. I woke up at 9, ate a bagel with peanut butter …

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Although my plan called for me to do my long run tomorrow I opted to do it today. I like knowing it is over and done with, it helps me have a nicer weekend.  That said, it was pouring rain.  Really, really pouring rain.  I actually went out with the intention of only doing 3 …

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The plan called for 8 miles tomorrow, but I decided to try and get them done today since tomorrow we are getting our roof done.  It is way easier to grab 30 minutes then 90 minutes.  Plus if I do it early enough I can avoid accidentally getting seen by roofing men in my birthday …

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First we should talk about my weekend runs.  Yesterday I was hungover and ran 3 miles with a headache that refused to go away. It was through some of my favorite trails up near UBC but I wasn’t feeling it. In fact I actually went back to bed after I got home. Then today I …

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After spending the weekend out of town, again, I was really looking forward to driving to a nice trail this afternoon for a longish run.  Unfortunately the ferry almost an hour later, which pretty much killed my driving time.  Instead, I thought I would jog down to the seawall and if it wasn’t  busy I …

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The training plan called for a 6 mile long run this morning, so I got up, had some water and headed out towards the beautiful weather.  Unfortunately my run was generally unpleasant after the first 2 miles or so. During the last 15 minutes of my run, I pondered the reasons why the run sucked …

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