Archives for: July 2009
By jokach on Jul 31, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » | 
In reviewing my training schedule, I realized that the Baltimore Running Festival is really only 10 weeks away now .. I kind of lost track of it with focusing on the Lehigh Valley Health Network marathon, which is only 6 weeks away. That means then, that…
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By jokach on Jul 29, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I know its an old cliche, but the title of this post says it all about this mornings run. I had 11 miles to do and I knew it was going to be warm, but I opened up my front door to head out at 5:15am, and got hit with this heavy, warm, tropical thickness…
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By jokach on Jul 26, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
Seems we're heading into the most difficult part of the summer as far as marathon training goes. Its not bad enough that I sweat like crazy when its not steaming hot and humid, but now that the morning temperatures seem to be starting out at close to 70…
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By jokach on Jul 24, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I have to say that as I return from my couple day vacation in Wildwood, its been the wildest weather and running experience yet while being out of town. Out of the 3 mornings I ran down at the beach this week, 2 of the 3 were in the rain .. I've never ha…
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By jokach on Jul 19, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I wrote yesterday about how dehydrated I was, and I have to say I felt pretty awful the rest of the day even though I continued to drink gallon after gallon of water, gatorade and everything in between. I decided to head to the pool and swim with my daug…
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By jokach on Jul 18, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I've written several times over the years about the struggles with running in July and August. Once again today I hit the wall at about mile 18 or so when I was terribly dehydrated, even though I took all the precautions I have been taking week after wee…
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By jokach on Jul 15, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
With 3 of my 4 weekday runs completed, it feels more like May than it does July ... the morning temperatures the last 3 days has been just more than 50 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. I'm not sure whats going on with that, but its funny the way that people…
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By jokach on Jul 12, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
Its funny the difference a day makes .. just yesterday I was complaining of knee pain and a day later its not even an issue. Not to say that it won't reappear again in the next few days, but I would have thought that after 11.2 miles at an 8:00/mile woul…
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By jokach on Jul 11, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I wrote the other day about my sore knees that started bothering me after my speed run on Thursday, well its not getting that much better although its not getting any worse. I rested yesterday, kept the ice on them and kept up with the ibuprofen and it d…
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By jokach on Jul 9, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
So for the second week in a row, I come out of my Thursday speed workout with something being sore ... if I recall, every training season I end up stopping the speed work for the same reason, and I just might do it again. This week my left knee is real s…
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By jokach on Jul 7, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
My intention this week as I start to enter the second half of the training for my first fall marathon is to start building on the mileage i've worked up by adding some speed to my mid week runs. I've been running my Tuesday and Wednesday 10 milers at abo…
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By jokach on Jul 4, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I always chuckle when I write about a "great" 20 mile run, as if there isn't such a thing, but again today I prove that proper preparation and attitude are the ingredients for a great long run. I wrote last weekend about how the long run was not treating…
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By jokach on Jul 3, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
Its always a thrill to hang out at the running store today (btw, I shop at The Finish Line Running store in Emmaus) although I was disappointed they didn't have the Mizuno Wave Rider 5's that i've been using in my size ... so the next best thing? The Miz…
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By jokach on Jul 2, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I really kicked it up a notch today on my speed run .. not sure why, but I may have kicked it up so far, that I strained my left foot. It might just be sore for no good reason as its not 'killing me', its just sore. The soreness is right in the arch itse…
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