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After training with the couch to 100 miler training plan I started just over a month ago, I completed the 100 miler race and felt good.
Ended up dropping out around mile 55. Right from the beginning something didn’t reel right with me as my breathing wasn’t good and my heartbeat was high and was skipping. Instead of dropping out early, I decided to keep walking and see how far I could make it before missing the cut off time. I […]
Finished the Wildcat 100 miler just over 27 hours in the Florida heat. It was good running with and seeing everyone. Congrats to Phillip for his first 100 miler and also to Matt for finishing another 100 miler.
Out of the nine who started, only four of us completed the battle. It was not easy and was very challenging. Worst conditions to do a run or hike on the trails with everything overgrown, debris everywhere and flooding from the storms. The last 30 mile stretch to the finish was at the beach with […]
I wanted to test everything out before others do the route so I figured I’d run it solo for my birthday run (not until the 9th). Definitely some concerns on the trail due to tropical storm Claudette from a few weeks ago. I’ll discuss this with the group this next week.
Ran to the brewery and hung out with friends. Stopped by the gas station on the way back home and got some milk and a few other things. That grocery bag got heavier over the remaining 2 miles!
I joined some of the crop dusters to run with Geoff for his fundraiser. At the halfway spot, Robyn and I went to the Mexican restaurant and got iced margaritas, which were perfect for the heat of the day!
After running with Rigo, Bill and everyone, I ventured off for some more miles. Once I got back to my car, Rigo had left some donut holes from the Milton Bakery and a Gatorade for me.
Since I signed up for the Wildcat 100 miler in September (which is held here in Pensacola), I wanted to get a feel of the course. The main thing I’ve heard from pretty much everyone I know who have ran it is that it’s hot, so I decided to start a little after 1pm today […]
Finished the Lake Martin 100 miler (my 67th marathon) and finally got my belt buckle. It was a great weekend spent with a lot of great friends. Congrats to everyone there and thanks to everyone out there supporting and helping each other. Good times for sure.
I may not have finished Pinhoti 100, but marathon #58 was a success in my books. Overall, I felt good throughout the entire run. I just couldn’t climb up Pinnacle fast enough to make the cutoff time. That was the last high climb and I missed it by about 5 minutes. The cut off time […]
Although there was lightning and some hard rain hitting my face for a while, today was another great marathon running with a group of great people. It’s always great seeing everyones accomplishments whether they PR a race, run their longest distance the first time or just get out to join in and support each other. […]
It was finally a nice colder morning to get some distance in with friends. Finished up another marathon distance run and felt good! Time to start tapering down for Pinhoti 100 in 3 weeks!
Trying out new gear for running and decided to run to the brewery run (about 8.5 miles away from home). I knew the weather was supposed to be cooler so why not? As always, had a good 6 mile run at the brewery and the beer and pizza was good. It’s always been a good […]
Finished a nice 30 Mile training run today (marathon #54) running a majority of it with Katey and Zoey. I started about 3:50 am to get some of the cooler side of weather and glad I did as it started heating up in the morning. Now it’s time to taper down the next month for […]
Finished marathon #53 today and feeling good. I’ve been taking it easy the last few months due to some hamstring tightness so after finishing Rebecca Mountain 50 a few weeks ago and then feeling good after finishing 26.2 at a faster pace, I feel like I’m getting back on track. Just in time as Pinhoti […]
Three of the West Side Crop Dusters (Matt, Bernice and I) joined the East Side Crop Dusters and finished with another marathon distance. We missed a turn at the end and ended up walking back to the start. As we got closer we noticed that the East Side Crop Dusters were still there drinking so […]
Today I got to finish my 50th marathon while running with new and old friends. There were a lot of people out running today, which was great to see. My friend Jennifer was in town so she was able to come and run the last 7 miles with me. It was another great, beautiful Florida […]