Archives for: November 2009
By jokach on Nov 29, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 3 feedbacks » | 
Since I seem to have all this time on my hands these days with the reduced mileage, I took some time to look back at some old training plans when I first started competing. The goal was really to find the old training schedule I used when I trained for t…
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By jokach on Nov 27, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I have to say that i've rather enjoyed the first week of reduced miles and relaxing after finishing up the fall marathon season on Sunday. I enjoyed it so much that I blew off my 'turkey trot' on Thursday as well .. I just didn't feel like doing it and I…
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By jokach on Nov 24, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
Here goes part 2 of my race report (hopefully I can get it all written tonight)
The second 10 miles
I wrote in part 1 that I started to have groin/quadricep pain, but thankfully it didn't turn out to be anything major (except a nuisance). The cours…
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By jokach on Nov 23, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 4 feedbacks » |
I've finally got myself together enough to get my post-race report done (or at least the first part of it). First and foremost, thanks to everyone who posted, emailed and wished me good luck on this race, I really outdid myself and had what I consider a…
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By jokach on Nov 22, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I had a great day at the Philadelphia marathon today ... finished in 4:02, 3 minutes better than I had planned. I ran a great race, kept my pace the entire time and finished strong.
Post-race report will be posted soon..... i'm currently busy pigging…
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By jokach on Nov 21, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I've managed to make it through about 26 weeks of training, 2 fall marathons, a bunch of minor injuries and yet here I sit the day before the Philadelphia Marathon, ready to go. Its been a long marathon training season, and i'm definitely ready to take a…
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By jokach on Nov 19, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I've completed my second to the last short jog before the Philly Marathon on Sunday.. it was good because the temperature outside is just about what the expected starting temperature will be on Sunday, so I was able to test out my planned outfit to see i…
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By jokach on Nov 17, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
If I listen to my own advice on tapering, I shouldn't be worrying about what the weather is going to be for the race, but I can't seem to stop checking the forecast for the weekend in Philly. The forecast seems to change day to day and from one channel t…
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By jokach on Nov 15, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 4 feedbacks » |
I'm just under a week out now from the Philadelphia Marathon on the 22nd, and I certainly hope that the weather is as beautiful next weekend as it was this weekend (mid 50's morning, upper 60's afternoon). The long range forecast for next weekend in Phil…
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By jokach on Nov 14, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
Its pumped me up a bit when I received my confirmation email from the Philadelphia Marathon folks the other day ... it contained all the final information for the pre-race, the post-race and beyond and it kind of reminded me that this race is just 8 days…
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By jokach on Nov 11, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
Its been a busy couple of days, and I haven't had a chance to post at all but have finally made some time to get it done. I completed my last real long mid-week run today of 12 miles and as I wrote in the headline .. its all tapering from here.. I expect…
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By jokach on Nov 7, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
I guess you can say that i've been fortunate the last couple weekends to have avoided any serious cold weather on my long runs, until today. It still fascinates me how weather people get away with predicting incorrect forecasts, and they always keep thei…
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By jokach on Nov 6, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
It feels good to take a day off from running, although as you can tell by the time of this post, I still get up in the morning just as early, but at least there isn't the need to be up and moving and out the door. Especially this morning it feels good, i…
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By jokach on Nov 4, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | Send feedback » |
After a decent weekend of no-pain runs, the week so far has been just as good. My back pain seems to have subsided for the most part, which has opened up the ability for me to start to push my pace again without much issue (at least for now). I'm startin…
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By jokach on Nov 1, 2009 | In Chapters in the story | 2 feedbacks » |
I was fortunate enough to have access to channel WNBC, channel 4 out of New York this morning to be able to watch the New York City marathon. Just seeing the people, the start and finish lines, the scenery around the course, all the hoopla ... really mad…
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