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Day #25 – I didn’t Make the Mileage – But I Awarded the Recovery Socks

I didn’t make the mileage today. I didn’t even come close. A combination of some small knee problems with horrible and unsafe running conditions conspired to convince me that it wasn’t in my best interest to continue.

2010 Jan 25 | | 4 Comments | Continued
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What Do I Do When A Dog Chases Me?

With all of the extra road miles I ran this past week, I had quite a few encounters with dogs. In fact, I had some sort of encounter almost every day, although nothing came of any of them and only a few had me worrying about what to do.

2010 Jan 25 | | Leave a Comment | Continued
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Day #24 – A Lot of Road Miles

Today I ran 16 in the morning and 8 in the evening. This week I ran over 148 miles. That just seems nuts to me, and is well and above anything I have ever done before, including college when I used to actually run crazy mileage. There are now only 7 days left to the challenge, about 196 miles.

2010 Jan 24 | | 3 Comments | Continued
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Day #23 – Trail Running at Bradbury Mountain

Today I hit the trails at Bradbury Mountain for 3 hours, but decided to finish the last 7½ miles on the roads because I didn’t want to spend another 2 hours running (and instead just spent 1 hour getting those last few miles in.)

2010 Jan 23 | | Leave a Comment | Continued
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Day #22 – No Evening Run Necessary – YAY!

I ran over 16 miles this morning and about 10 kilometers at lunch, which means I get the evening off from running. I expect this is a rare treat that won’t be repeated next week, at least on business days.

2010 Jan 22 | | 2 Comments | Continued
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Day #21 – The Highest Number of Miles I’ve Ever Run in a Week

After a little excitement with some dogs on this mornings 12 miler, I got in some easy miles at lunchtime and then set a new personal high for number of miles run in a 7 day period while doing hill repeats with the folks I coach.

2010 Jan 21 | | Leave a Comment | Continued
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How to Avoid Getting Hit By A Car

Getting hit by a car is a less than pleasurable experience, whether you have a few tons of steel wrapped around you or you are just out running. After last night’s close call, I thought I’d share share a little story from when I was younger, and then some tips for avoiding having the same thing happen to you.

2010 Jan 21 | | Leave a Comment | Continued
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Day #20 – Almost Got Hit By a Car

This morning I heard plows after getting up at 4:45, so I hit the gym to use the treadmill for 14 miles before work.

That left 6 to run after I got home in order to run my 20 miles on the day.

2010 Jan 20 | | 2 Comments | Continued
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Day #19 – More Snow but More Fun

More snow today, but I enjoyed my runs much more and got over last night’s funk. I split my miles today into 3 runs, 9, 6 and 4. I also managed to get a little shoveling in after the final run, around 9 o’clock at night.

2010 Jan 19 | | Leave a Comment | Continued
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Win A Free Pair of Recovery Socks

I’m a big fan of compression sleeves, and for the past week have been testing out Recovery Socks. I like them a lot – and the makers have agreed to let me give a few pairs away so leave a comment for a chance to win a pair for yourself.

2010 Jan 19 | | 81 Comments | Continued
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