Five is Fine

And the fun continues.  Week 5 is a wrap.  Here's an update. The Plan Hello hill repeats and the first double digit long run.  I don't mind hills and am not particularly fast on hills.  I'm built like a cabbage farmer's wife from the old country so my short strong legs come in handy.   My …

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No Short-Cuts to Training

I love running and love training for races.  I enjoy the structure, the focus, discipline and the satisfaction of completing these long runs.  With that said, make no mistake, long runs are long. And no matter how pretty a course or how interesting the route we (Lisa, my running partner in crime and I) select, a long …

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