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Dirty Running: 50K Training Plan

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Tl;dr version: go straight to the plan. I realized that I needed a plan. I needed something in the future, something clear and sharp in my mind to train for. Maybe someday I'll be one of those purists that can just run for miles and miles with no destination in sight, no plan, no watch, and no purpose except for running itself, but right now I need direction. My last race.about 8 months ago. I didn't want to get stuck in that "it's only a 50K" attitude. I'm kind of tired of the distance trumping ever...

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Dirty Running: October 2014

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My Jeep is a gas-guzzling, earth-f%$#ing beast, and if there’s not going to be a zombie apocalypse anytime soon, I should probably prep it for craigslist and trade it in for something more sensible, but I just can’t bring myself to wash the layers of dirt off and bring the military-brown paint to a shine. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 20% Discount on VFuel. Subscribe to receive updates via email. I like to run, Im not sure from what or where to. View my complete profile. The Runner's Tr...

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Dirty Running: April 2015

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What My 10-Year-Old Taught Me About Racing. It's nice to be reminded what it means to have fun, to run with a light heart and an energy that can't be contained. My wife, my two youngest kids, and I pulled up on a grey morning to run the Children for Children 5K. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 20% Discount on VFuel. Subscribe to receive updates via email. I like to run, Im not sure from what or where to. View my complete profile. Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim (R2R2R). There are few thing...

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Dirty Running: High Sierra Trail -- Trip Report and Gear List

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High Sierra Trail - Trip Report and Gear List. This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary. 8212; Edward Abbey. The main thing that I realize when I head to the mountains is that I need to head to the mountains more often. Day 1/2–5.8 Miles to Mehrten Creek Crossing. Day 1 — 9.8 Miles to Hamilton Lake. Day 4 —&#820...On the wa...

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Dirty Running: January 2015

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I usually try to conserve my energy before a group run. I’ll sit on the ground, tie and re-tie my shoes, and pretend to stretch. But this run was different, this was the first meeting of the Dirty Running Trail Animals, and this group would not abide the conservation of energy. Links to this post. I prefer the trail to the road, I prefer hills to flats, and I prefer dirty to clean. My favorite routes are winding, hilly, difficult, covered in rocks and branches that scrape and tear at my legs. The...I tol...

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Dirty Running: March 2015

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Finding My Religion at the Jerusalem Marathon. Before the run, we walked. We toured sites holy to millions, and I tried to get out of the way as the religious pilgrims walked where they believed Jesus walked with his cross, or prayed at a wall that is said to be so holy that when you pray there, your prayers are closest to God's ear. Pilgrims walk the Via Dolorosa. Running through The Old City. Things to do at the Jerusalem marathon. Be ready for hills, and by that I mean train for longer than 5 weeks.

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Dirty Running: The Trail Animals

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I usually try to conserve my energy before a group run. I’ll sit on the ground, tie and re-tie my shoes, and pretend to stretch. But this run was different, this was the first meeting of the Dirty Running Trail Animals, and this group would not abide the conservation of energy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 20% Discount on VFuel. Subscribe to receive updates via email. I like to run, Im not sure from what or where to. View my complete profile. Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim (R2R2R). Saturday 8/20 J...

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Dirty Running: Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim (R2R2R)

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Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim (R2R2R). A descent into the Canyon is essential for a proper estimate of its details, and one can never realize the enormity of certain valleys, till he has crawled like a maimed insect at their base and looked thence upward to the narrowed sky. John Stoddard, 1898. That feeling doesn't go away, and if it ever does for me, for a certain distance, maybe 100 miles, then I have no business running that far. Sunrise over the Colorado River. Trail carved into the cliff. We made ...

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Dirty Running: Finding My Religion at the Jerusalem Marathon

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Finding My Religion at the Jerusalem Marathon. Before the run, we walked. We toured sites holy to millions, and I tried to get out of the way as the religious pilgrims walked where they believed Jesus walked with his cross, or prayed at a wall that is said to be so holy that when you pray there, your prayers are closest to God's ear. Pilgrims walk the Via Dolorosa. Running through The Old City. Things to do at the Jerusalem marathon. Be ready for hills, and by that I mean train for longer than 5 weeks.

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Dirty Running: Couch to Marathon in 6 Weeks -- My Ill-Advised 6-Week Marathon Training Plan

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Couch to Marathon in 6 Weeks - My Ill-Advised 6-Week Marathon Training Plan. There's a scene in Something About Mary. Where that psycho hitchhiker has a brilliant business idea - 7 Minute Abs. You know, it's just like 8 Minute Abs, but better (and it's guaranteed). Well, I'm your psycho hitchhiker, and you can get rid of your 24- or 30-week marathon training programs, because I have a 6-week program that blows those out of the water. The plan's coming, but first a word about. 20% Discount on VFuel. Tl;dr...