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May 30, 2008

Quick interim post

running / 2 Comments

Working on finishing my full race report sometime tonight, but I was taking a break to catch up on some blog reading and found this awesome post by Perry. Now that my first marathon is done, it’s all about the crazy things, like the fifty state club and some of these. My favorite? The Five Borough Beer Marathon. I will find out next Friday if I got lotteried entry to the NYC Marathon, but if not, I may run it unofficially and drunkenly. I wonder what the training regimen is like for this one? Can I count my Friday and …

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May 29, 2008

Lying on the beach is a good form of training!

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I’ve been meaning to do Take It And Run Thursday for monthly, but I am finally making the commitment. From now on, expect my contribution weekly. (If you don’t know what TIART is, check out the bottom of this post). I have a feeling that most people’s articles this week are going to be about how much they hate the heat and how to avoid running in it. Run on a treadmill, run in the early morning or late evening, run in the pool, run in Antarctica, etc. For the other crazies out there, I’m going to take a different …

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May 29, 2008

Wednesday night updates

diet, health and fitness, running / 7 Comments

Just got home from dinner, and I really really want dessert. We went for Indian food, and everyone decided it would be a good idea to have one person order a ton of stuff for the whole table to share. I was a complete snob and ordered something separate, so that I could ask for it without butter. I’m actually being really good about this whole “no food” list thanks to my cholesterol, and it’s making me more assertive about what I eat. However, we didn’t get dessert and I really really want it. Room service only has really unhealthy …

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May 27, 2008

The Day After the Marathon

health and fitness, running / 14 Comments

I’m sure most of you have seen this video by now, but I’ll post it anyway: Most people in that video were me yesterday – my mom and friend Kristen had both seen the video, and kept pointing out how much I resembled then. They laughed when, at Friendly’s, I saw some guy limping along and knew to say “congratulations!” (This is also how I identified marathoners the day after Boston). I’m surprisingly fine today though. My gait is pretty normal, and I don’t really look like a day after marathoner at all. My only problem is my right hip …

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May 25, 2008

I am a marathoner!!!

running / 31 Comments

The important parts: Finished around 4:24 (didn’t quite kick Oprah’s ass, but I did beat her) Did not walk once, not even through the water stops Sprinted up the toughest part of the course (13% grade for 1/4 mile) and had a ton of people cheering for how awesome I was compared to everyone else Sprinted the last 0.2 and had a ton of people cheering for how awesome I was compared to everyone else Swore ten seconds after finishing that I was never running a step ever again, then ten minutes later started trying to plan what marathon to …

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