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2015-06-28 1:29 PM
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It's been a long week. Skipped a triathlon I was supposed to do this morning because I've been spending the weekend with my cat, who I have had for 14.5 years. We aren't 100% sure, but I believe he has liver failure and probably only has days left. I didn't want to be gone for 8 hours this morning and potentially not be here when he passed. Say what you will, but this little guy has been with me through everything (multiple job changes, moves, relationships, and deaths in the family). He's been a source of joy for every single day along the way, so I am sticking around for him as much as I possibly can. Ugh.

Monday - #694 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #695 - 2 miles
Wednesday - #696 - 2 miles
Thursday - #697 - 4 miles
Friday - #698 - 2 miles
Saturday - #699 - 2 miles
Sunday - #700 - 4 miles



I do not blame you for skipping the event, I would've done the same if it was one of my pets. They are part of the family. Sorry to hear about to hear about you cat.

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2015-07-01 7:52 AM
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Originally posted by navbtcret

Originally posted by MSU_Brad

It's been a long week. Skipped a triathlon I was supposed to do this morning because I've been spending the weekend with my cat, who I have had for 14.5 years. We aren't 100% sure, but I believe he has liver failure and probably only has days left. I didn't want to be gone for 8 hours this morning and potentially not be here when he passed. Say what you will, but this little guy has been with me through everything (multiple job changes, moves, relationships, and deaths in the family). He's been a source of joy for every single day along the way, so I am sticking around for him as much as I possibly can. Ugh.

Monday - #694 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #695 - 2 miles
Wednesday - #696 - 2 miles
Thursday - #697 - 4 miles
Friday - #698 - 2 miles
Saturday - #699 - 2 miles
Sunday - #700 - 4 miles



I do not blame you for skipping the event, I would've done the same if it was one of my pets. They are part of the family. Sorry to hear about to hear about you cat.

Thanks. He passed away yesterday morning laying right next to me. Poor little dude.

Monday - #701 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #702 - 3 miles with speed work intervals
2015-07-01 7:42 PM
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#978- 7 mi treadmill
#979- 6.2 mi trail, fast
#980- 11 mi trails, ran 4 of the miles with my wife to introduce her to trail running, she had fun
#981- 11 mi trail again
#982- 4 mi
#983- 18.2 mi 5200ft elevation gain, same area as last week, very hot and humid, and I think I need new shoes, the are beat up and my feet were getting pretty sore by the end
2015-07-01 8:02 PM
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Thanks. He passed away yesterday morning laying right next to me. Poor little dude.

Monday - #701 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #702 - 3 miles with speed work intervals



Sorry to hear it, I've had dogs most of my life and its rough when they go, but they bring so much joy.
2015-07-01 8:24 PM
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Originally posted by MSU_Brad

Thanks. He passed away yesterday morning laying right next to me. Poor little dude.

Monday - #701 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #702 - 3 miles with speed work intervals



Sorry to hear it, I've had dogs most of my life and its rough when they go, but they bring so much joy.
Thanks man, I appreciate it. Always tough when they leave us.

Wednesday - #703 - 2 miles after 13.5 on the bike
2015-07-02 6:10 PM
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#984- 2 mi recovery

I have a 50 mile race coming up in 3 weeks. The Burning River Endurance Run in Ohio, they do a 100 miler and I believe this is the first year for the 50. I registered a few days ago. I plan to use it as a prep race and plan to train pretty much right up to it. That will serve as my long run for that week, and will also give me a good picture of where my training is at. 3 months to the day to Grindstone.


2015-07-03 7:55 AM
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#984- 2 mi recovery

I have a 50 mile race coming up in 3 weeks. The Burning River Endurance Run in Ohio, they do a 100 miler and I believe this is the first year for the 50. I registered a few days ago. I plan to use it as a prep race and plan to train pretty much right up to it. That will serve as my long run for that week, and will also give me a good picture of where my training is at. 3 months to the day to Grindstone.


Are you allowed a pacer? Would you like one if you are? What pace would you be looking to run the final 25 or so in or where ever I would be allowed to join you? I would consider it as it is only a couple of hours drive from where I live.

I am also out from streaking again, no injury just a choice I made. I am going a different direction with my training is all. I was doing to many 1 or 2 miles days just to keep the streak alive and that was never my intent when I started streaking way back when. I will still keep up to date with everyone and have some small streaks but as far as doing it for years again I am pretty sure I will not.
2015-07-03 7:56 AM
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Originally posted by MSU_Brad

Originally posted by navbtcret

Originally posted by MSU_Brad

It's been a long week. Skipped a triathlon I was supposed to do this morning because I've been spending the weekend with my cat, who I have had for 14.5 years. We aren't 100% sure, but I believe he has liver failure and probably only has days left. I didn't want to be gone for 8 hours this morning and potentially not be here when he passed. Say what you will, but this little guy has been with me through everything (multiple job changes, moves, relationships, and deaths in the family). He's been a source of joy for every single day along the way, so I am sticking around for him as much as I possibly can. Ugh.

Monday - #694 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #695 - 2 miles
Wednesday - #696 - 2 miles
Thursday - #697 - 4 miles
Friday - #698 - 2 miles
Saturday - #699 - 2 miles
Sunday - #700 - 4 miles



I do not blame you for skipping the event, I would've done the same if it was one of my pets. They are part of the family. Sorry to hear about to hear about you cat.

Thanks. He passed away yesterday morning laying right next to me. Poor little dude.

Monday - #701 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #702 - 3 miles with speed work intervals




Sorry for your loss of your cat. I too have had dogs most all my life. I have 4 dogs at the present time.
2015-07-03 12:51 PM
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Thursday - #704 - 4 miles tempo run and then 1500 in the pool
Friday - #705 - 2 miles easy after 22 on the bike
2015-07-06 7:18 AM
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Saturday - #706 - 2 miles
Sunday - #707 - 2 miles

Hope everyone had a great 4th!
2015-07-06 7:19 AM
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#984- 2 mi recovery

I have a 50 mile race coming up in 3 weeks. The Burning River Endurance Run in Ohio, they do a 100 miler and I believe this is the first year for the 50. I registered a few days ago. I plan to use it as a prep race and plan to train pretty much right up to it. That will serve as my long run for that week, and will also give me a good picture of where my training is at. 3 months to the day to Grindstone.


Are you allowed a pacer? Would you like one if you are? What pace would you be looking to run the final 25 or so in or where ever I would be allowed to join you? I would consider it as it is only a couple of hours drive from where I live.

I am also out from streaking again, no injury just a choice I made. I am going a different direction with my training is all. I was doing to many 1 or 2 miles days just to keep the streak alive and that was never my intent when I started streaking way back when. I will still keep up to date with everyone and have some small streaks but as far as doing it for years again I am pretty sure I will not.
Please continue to drop in here, Ron. All of your accomplishments for the past few years have been a big source of inspiration for me.


2015-07-08 8:01 PM
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Subject: RE: 30 runs in 30 days - who's with us?
Originally posted by MSU_Brad

Originally posted by navbtcret

Originally posted by ImSore


#984- 2 mi recovery

I have a 50 mile race coming up in 3 weeks. The Burning River Endurance Run in Ohio, they do a 100 miler and I believe this is the first year for the 50. I registered a few days ago. I plan to use it as a prep race and plan to train pretty much right up to it. That will serve as my long run for that week, and will also give me a good picture of where my training is at. 3 months to the day to Grindstone.


Are you allowed a pacer? Would you like one if you are? What pace would you be looking to run the final 25 or so in or where ever I would be allowed to join you? I would consider it as it is only a couple of hours drive from where I live.

I am also out from streaking again, no injury just a choice I made. I am going a different direction with my training is all. I was doing to many 1 or 2 miles days just to keep the streak alive and that was never my intent when I started streaking way back when. I will still keep up to date with everyone and have some small streaks but as far as doing it for years again I am pretty sure I will not.
Please continue to drop in here, Ron. All of your accomplishments for the past few years have been a big source of inspiration for me.



I'll second this. All of your 100+ mile training weeks, and your 30+ mile training runs have been on my mind lately. I keep asking myself, "am I doing enough? Think about how much Ron was running!!!" Good luck in your new training direction, and make sure to check in. I always value and appreciate your input here.

Also, the Burning River run only allows pacers for the 100. I do appreciate the offer.

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#985- 11 mi trail
#986- 2 mi went to NYC, went to a Yankee game, drank lots of good beer, and even managed to watch a few fireworks. Good day! Hope everyone had a great 4th
#987- 4 mi recovery (from the Holiday!)
#988- 11 mi trail
#989- 6.2 mi progression
#990- 21.5 mi trail with 6200 ft gain (total 12k+ elevation change). Heavy rain early in the run was great, suffocating humidity for the rest of the afternoon, not so much. Also ran into this guy!






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2015-07-09 8:59 AM
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I will still be stopping by on a regular basis. Heading for the woods to camp this weekend in about an hour. Unwired and unplugged for the weekend. Hope everyone's training continues to go great.


I usually see a couple of those snakes every year while running, they sure get your attention in a hurry. I almost stepped and got bit by one a couple of years ago. It had just stopped raining, the sun came out and my glasses were still covered with rain drops. I saw the snake at the last second and swerved just a second before it struck at me. Not sure how close I was to getting bit but it was too close for my comfort.

I also moved one off the road one year with a couple of sticks so it would not get run over by a car. It was not happy with me either.

2015-07-10 8:44 AM
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Monday - #708 - 2 miles after 13 on the bike
Tuesday - #709 - 4 miles speed work intervals, then 1500y in the pool
Wednesday - #710 - 2 miles easy, and then 12 on the bike
Thursday - #711 - 3 miles tempo run
Friday - #712 - 2 miles easy
2015-07-13 9:32 AM
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Saturday - #713 - 2 miles easy
Sunday - - #714 - ~4 miles in the Grand Haven Triathlon. T1 includes about a ~.75 mile run from the beach up to the YMCA where the transition area is, and then there is the 5K run. I took 2nd in my AG yesterday, which was a surprise. I am not usually anywhere close to placing in this race, but it definitely seemed like a smaller crowd this year. I did have a pretty good race, though. I was probably top 10 out of the water, which was upper 50s - my hands and feet were pretty numb, and I had a headache for the first few minutes of the swim. Bike could've been a little faster, but wasn't bad. I knew my run was going to struggle a little as soon as I woke up because my quads just felt sore and tight, and it is a hilly course. One guy (not in my AG thankfully) got me on the steep hill about .1 miles before the finish line, I just couldn't power up as fast as he could. Still, I was surprised at my time. Now I have today and tomorrow to recover before my 2nd Wednesday night race of the summer. Ugh.


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Tuesday - #716 - 2 miles easy in order to recover a little for my Wednesday night triathlon...
2015-07-15 7:48 PM
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Saturday - #713 - 2 miles easy
Sunday - - #714 - ~4 miles in the Grand Haven Triathlon. T1 includes about a ~.75 mile run from the beach up to the YMCA where the transition area is, and then there is the 5K run. I took 2nd in my AG yesterday, which was a surprise. I am not usually anywhere close to placing in this race, but it definitely seemed like a smaller crowd this year. I did have a pretty good race, though. I was probably top 10 out of the water, which was upper 50s - my hands and feet were pretty numb, and I had a headache for the first few minutes of the swim. Bike could've been a little faster, but wasn't bad. I knew my run was going to struggle a little as soon as I woke up because my quads just felt sore and tight, and it is a hilly course. One guy (not in my AG thankfully) got me on the steep hill about .1 miles before the finish line, I just couldn't power up as fast as he could. Still, I was surprised at my time. Now I have today and tomorrow to recover before my 2nd Wednesday night race of the summer. Ugh.



Nice job on the AG podium. I don't want to jinx you, but I feel this could be a solid year for you. I think its smart that you fit in the Wed night races. If nothing else they are a great dress rehearsal for your A races, and they force you to go all out and get a solid training session in.
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#991- 3.7 mi recovery
#992- 11 mi trail

#993- 2 early morning miles. Went on a camp/hiking trip for the weekend and ended up hiking supposedly one of the toughest hiking trails in the country. I was up on the Devils Path in the Catskills I was with my wife, who was a trooper, even with my training it wasn't an easy hike, it was pretty much up and down the whole way. I tried to carry as much as I could and had 60 pounds (with water), she still had 20 pounds to carry and she is pretty small. I should have used the springs to refill water instead of carrying it in. We covered the eastern section and some of the side trails in about 13 hours between the two days. Some nice views and nice sections but is definitely not an easy hike.
#994- 4 mi- ran to move the car up a bit to a different lot so we didn't have to hike all the way back with our packs. I had originally planned to run back 13 miles or so from the end of the eastern section of the trail and pick up my wife there, but those 13 miles would have taken me hours. There was quite a bit of climbing and a ton of elevation change.

#995- 8 mi trail
#996- 3.7 mi trail- I had intended to run farther but in a moment of mental weakness I called it early. I had a ton of excuses, but the mosquitoes were really bad when I went out and I forgot to spray on repellent and they were killing me.

#997- 26.2 trail miles with 6800ft elevation gain, and 6800 ft loss. Went up and over the mountain I am training on 4 times and did 2 out and backs to a pond that also has some good elevation change. My first training session where I covered marathon distance. My legs felt great, but my feet were not too happy. The trail is extremely rocky. I just kept remembering that Kickboxer scene where he is kicking that tree and hoping that something similar was going on for my feet.
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Wednesday - #717 - 3.1 miles in a Wednesday night triathlon...brutal because of the hills.
Thursday - #718 - 2 miles
Friday - #719 - 2 miles
Saturday - #720 - 2 miles
Sunday - #721 - 2 miles
Monday - #722 - 2 miles
Tuesday - #723 - 2 miles very fast at 11PM because I didn't have time for what I had initially planned on for speed work
Wednesday - #724 - 2 miles easy


Very busy for the last week. Haven't had a good opportunity to swim or bike since my last triathlon, which is kind of bumming me out. Too many long days, short work trips, customer outings, and personal things going on. Back at it tonight I hope.


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#998- 4 mi
#999- 7.4 mi trail
#1000- 8 mi
#1001- 8 mi
#1002- 11 mi trail
#1003-8 mi
#1004- 2 mi
#1005- 4 mi

I decided on a short taper for my race this Saturday. My long run from last week wore me out a bit. I had to push through the end of last week and the weekend, but the last 3 days I've felt good and recovered. Got a 7 hour drive and heading out in the morning.
2015-07-24 4:41 AM
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#998- 4 mi
#999- 7.4 mi trail
#1000- 8 mi
#1001- 8 mi
#1002- 11 mi trail
#1003-8 mi
#1004- 2 mi
#1005- 4 mi

I decided on a short taper for my race this Saturday. My long run from last week wore me out a bit. I had to push through the end of last week and the weekend, but the last 3 days I've felt good and recovered. Got a 7 hour drive and heading out in the morning.


Good luck on the Burning River this weekend. I am still running and logging 60-70 miles per week the past couple of weeks.

On a non running note, I did my first skydive Wednesday with just a parachute on my back. Out the plane at 13,500 feet and opened the chute at 5500 feet. I will be returning and getting my "A" license so I can jump anywhere anytime they are jumping.
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#998- 4 mi
#999- 7.4 mi trail
#1000- 8 mi
#1001- 8 mi
#1002- 11 mi trail
#1003-8 mi
#1004- 2 mi
#1005- 4 mi

I decided on a short taper for my race this Saturday. My long run from last week wore me out a bit. I had to push through the end of last week and the weekend, but the last 3 days I've felt good and recovered. Got a 7 hour drive and heading out in the morning.
Looking forward to hearing how it went.

Thursday - #725 - 2 miles plus a bike
Friday - #726 - 2 miles
Saturday - #727 - 2 miles plus a swim
Sunday - #728 - 2 miles
2015-07-27 12:04 PM
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#998- 4 mi
#999- 7.4 mi trail
#1000- 8 mi
#1001- 8 mi
#1002- 11 mi trail
#1003-8 mi
#1004- 2 mi
#1005- 4 mi

I decided on a short taper for my race this Saturday. My long run from last week wore me out a bit. I had to push through the end of last week and the weekend, but the last 3 days I've felt good and recovered. Got a 7 hour drive and heading out in the morning.


Good luck on the Burning River this weekend. I am still running and logging 60-70 miles per week the past couple of weeks.

On a non running note, I did my first skydive Wednesday with just a parachute on my back. Out the plane at 13,500 feet and opened the chute at 5500 feet. I will be returning and getting my "A" license so I can jump anywhere anytime they are jumping.


I don't think I'll be jumping out of any planes. I may have considered it when I was younger, and may reconsider later on in life. But as for now, I am content not free falling thousands of feet about solid ground. Have fun with it though!
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