Monthly Archives: May 2009

25 weeks to go #twit2fit

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Thomas Powell

The OBX marathon is on November 8, 2009.  That’s 25 weeks away.  That’s also a long way to go for someone who has not put 25 weeks of running together in over a year. I just completed my first 40 … Continue reading →

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Medium run, up-tempo last 3 miles #twit2fit

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Thomas Powell

Streak day 48, 6.73 miles in 1:00:11 (8:57 pace). I decided to do a little up-tempo work for the last 3 miles of my run today, in preparation for Johnny’s 5k.  Nearly four miles into the run, I went for … Continue reading →

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Want to drastically improve your 5K time?

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Thomas Powell

Original poster wanted to know if he could improve his 5K time by more than 2 minutes.  I wanted to bookmark it here so I could find it later. RunningAHEAD – Topic: How realistic is this goal? For real.. The … Continue reading →

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Trying to qualify for Boston? A mileage vs. speed calculator

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Thomas Powell

Boston Marathon Qualifying Times Chart and Predictor.  An interesting take on calculators: For me: (for 100 miles per week) The slowest you can run and still qualify for the Boston Marathon is 3:10:59.  This is a 7:17 per mile pace.  … Continue reading →

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Week 7 of the streak and injury analysis #twit2fit

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Thomas Powell

Start of week 7 of the streak Given the usual madness of holiday weekends, I didn’t think the streak would survive this onslaught, but I not only got a run in, I managed to hit my target distance of 6.4 … Continue reading →

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