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Anxiety du Jour.

geneday February 8, 2019

We’ve been really good with our training. Well, except for bailing on the second long runs. I just don’t recover enough to do them. But I’ve been getting the weekday runs, and the long run in. We’ve done our three …

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Three Weeks to Race Day: Gut Check.

biochembelle February 3, 2019

Yesterday marked 3 weeks until the big day, the Fragrance Lake 50K in Bellingham, WA. It was also the 3rd of 3 long runs at 20+ miles for this training cycle. We decided to head up to Bellingham and run …

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Success! And Thoughts on Failure.

geneday January 22, 2019

Wow! The big weeks went by fast. I learned so much. First of all, we got all the big days in. On January 5th, it was 18 miles on Squak Mountain with 5,000′ of gain: Then, on January 12th, we …

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The Big Training Weeks.

geneday January 4, 2019

This weekend is the beginning of our three biggest training weeks of the race prep. Saturday we have 18 miles, Sunday we have 11. For the 18, I’ve mapped out a 9-mile loop on Squak Mountain, which we’ll do twice …

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Race Report! St. Edward Park 8 Miler.

geneday January 1, 2019

We continue to run little races when they fit in to our training schedule. This past week has been a cutback week (I ran about 16.5 miles and BB ran maybe a few more), and we were resting up after …

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Trip Report: Tiger Mountain – Tradition Plateau to Poo Poo Point.

biochembelle December 31, 2018

  The last week of December was a deep cutback week in our training plan, although we did an 8-mile trail race Sunday (recap to come). But the weekend before Christmas was our biggest yet, with 23-24 miles total split …

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Making Goals SMART (& Smart).

biochembelle December 26, 2018

It’s that time of year when attention and discussion in many spaces turn to a central question: What are your goals for the next year? On Twitter, personal trainer @srunsfitness (Stephanie) has been talking this week about reviewing your 2018 training …

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The 12 K’s of Christmas Race Report!

geneday December 21, 2018

This year BB and I have raced more short races than ever before, I think. Our favorite distance has always been the half-marathon. Long enough to justify a serious stack of pancakes, short enough that we’re not destroyed for two …

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Trip Report: Wilderness Peak & Squak Mountain Loop.

biochembelle December 13, 2018

Gene and I are starting to build mileage and vert again for our 50K training. We want to be sure to have some long runs where we’re actually running a while and some days when we’re plodding up—and down—long hills. …

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Running with Joy.

geneday December 6, 2018

It’s been since July that I really ran with joy. Injury after injury and hard, painful races had left me with that kind of grim satisfaction in accomplishment, but not the sweeping excitement and happiness that I chase. Both of …

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