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Do not try this at home.

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Thomas Powell

I was aiming for 16 miles today, and planned to get moving as close to 5:30 as possible. Instead, I intentionally disabled my 5:30 alarm at 5:15 and then woke up just before my 6:30 alarm. I ate one of … Continue reading →

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Guess my 20 miler time: I ran 6.29 miles in the first hour + highest mileage week in a year.

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Thomas Powell

This was not a set up for a good long run today: I had a mid-back spasm in the first mile of my 5-miler yesterday morning that was still bothering me this morning. [Managed to fight for a 9’22″ pace … Continue reading →

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Is it a bad sign to see vultures circling on your run?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Thomas Powell

Image by TexasEagle via Flickr I saw 5-6 turkey vultures today on my run at mile 5 1/2 [on Broad Run Road]. Before I realized that were swooping down on your garden variety roadkill, the sight of them evoked some … Continue reading →

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Progressive Long Run (16 miles) while watching the game #twit2fit #running

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Thomas Powell

One of the things that’s great about football season is that you can easily do a long run on the treadmill while watching the game.  I did mine today at home on my Sole F80 at a 1% incline (watching … Continue reading →

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I ran 15 miles at sub-9 pace the hard way #running #twit2fit

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Thomas Powell

(and on the treadmill at 11pm) I decided that I’d do a progressive workout, starting @ 6.0 mph (10’00″) and going to 7.4 mph (8’06″?), by 0.1 mph increments per mile.  I have the speed to run 6’30″ intervals, but … Continue reading →

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