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3/7/10 training update
Beej’s update: Week 5 of tri training. Out of base period and into build period. Swim: 5150m. Bike: 55mi. Run: 13mi. Highlight: 31 mile outdoor ride today w/ Brian Hone. Gorgeous day. Lowlight: My left shoulder continues to hurt and I still don’t have a great sleep pattern yet. Susan’s update: week ending 2/28: holding […]
Posted: March 7th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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February Wrapup
Susan’s update: 2/15 (week 3): Ran 13.5 at 8:28 pace on the President’s Day holiday, so I felt ready for my race the next week. I did 6 miles with Brian at an easy 9min pace to loosen up my legs before the Half Marathon on Sunday. No yoga or strength training, and I didn’t […]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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Half at the Hamptons
When I signed up for this race, I had a sneaky feeling the weather would be better than my October marathon and my Disney half. While yesterday’s weather was *spectacular* for February, today was not shabby either. The clouds were blown away by mid-morning and we had sun from 11am on for the Half at […]
Posted: February 22nd, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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2/1/2010 – success week 1
Susan’s update: 4.7 miles Monday. 6.1miles Thursday, 9.2 miles Saturday = 20 mi at an average pace of 8:24. I lifted today (upper body) to complete my goal for the week. I ran solo this week, mostly due to competing travel plans, but I’ll send my workout plan again next week to seek some recruits. […]
Posted: February 7th, 2010 under Brian, Fitness, Susan.
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Why do I run?
Despite the encouragement of active.com, I’ve been flailing a bit on committing to a training and racing plan for the year. It’s not that I’ve been slacking on workouts – I’ve actually run at least twice a week since mid-November with the exception of a 10-day hiatus after the Disney half marathon. For some reason […]
Posted: January 31st, 2010 under Fitness, Susan.
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Disney Half-Marathon
Today’s weather at Disney provided deja vu to the weather we experienced on October 19. When we boarded the bus before 4am, the temperature hovered around 34. While we waited for the start, ice pellets and tiny flakes of snow fell. An inauspicious start to our day – the first time it has snowed at […]
Posted: January 9th, 2010 under Brian, Family, Fitness, Susan.
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525,600 minutes
For some reason Seasons of Love from Rent has been running through my head a lot this season as I think back over the year. The first measure that comes to mind is miles. Brian has been logging his miles on the road (950 miles biked, 575 miles on foot) and meters in the pool […]
Posted: December 30th, 2009 under Church, Family, Fitness, Food, Friends, Newburyport, Us.
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Baystate Marathon
Today started at 5am with a peek out the window to see that it wasn’t raining yet. I assembled my gear and headed to Lowell for the Baystate Marathon. Despite a few butterflies and a chilly 41 degrees, I was feeling warm and ready for the race. My goals, in order of importance: finish, run […]
Posted: October 18th, 2009 under Fitness, Susan.
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I am a Lobsterman
Yesterday I completed the Lobsterman, my first Olympic length triathlon (1500 meter swim, 40k bike, 10k run). This race was the culmination of a long summer of training with various ups and downs. The short summary is that it was a gorgeous day, although a bit windy and very hilly. I completed the race in […]
Posted: September 20th, 2009 under Brian, Fitness.
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Labor Day Outdoors: Hiking the Tripyramids and Running Cape Ann 25K
Labor Day weekend held glorious weather, which allowed us to *finally* get in our first hike of the season. We originally planned to leave at the crack of dawn on Saturday, but later decided that nothing beats a good sleep to start the long weekend, and traffic cooperated so we didn’t kick ourselves for making […]
Posted: September 16th, 2009 under Brian, Fitness, Hiking, Susan.
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