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Tuesday - September 3

Sport

Walking
30m

Ok I'll admit it, I am starting to freak a bit about the 50k. I have put in plenty of miles, but I don't think enough (and not as many as Disney). I have put in lots of trail miles, but wish I could have put in more. I think, well it is only another 5 miles on top of a marathon. Then I think, well things usual get tough at about 21-23, which means I have to suffer like that for 8-10 miles. Oh goody, just 11 more days of this...

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Monday - September 2

Run

3h 16m 19s
20.00 miles
09m 48s /Mi

out 1:36 (9:37)
back 1:39 (9:59)

Sport #1

Stretching
10m

Sport #2

Walking
45m

Legs were fatigued from the start and never got better. Feeling residual from Saturday's race more than I thought. Really all my 20+ runs during this training cycle (I think there have been 6) have been pretty uninspiring. Although when I think about it none have been on fresh legs. They all came a day after (or in this case two days after) a 10-15 mile session. That strategy paid off for Disney and I'm hoping it pays off for Northface. Good news about this run, is it was not some epic blow up. While I did slow down on way back, it was just simple fatigue.

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Sunday - September 1

Sport

Walking
30m

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Saturday - August 31

Run #1

18m
2.00 miles
09m /Mi

Pre race warm up (1.5) couple trips to and from car and then .5 run back to the car post race.

Run #2

1h 43m 51s
13.10 miles
07m 55s /Mi

Not a PR, but not bad. Felt this was more a math problem than a fitness problem. Started out very comfortable pace (32:04 after 4 miles) Then sped up, but apparently not enough. Once I got to 10 realized it was going to be tough to PR, pushed the pace some more, but not enough race left.
results: 72 out 457 overall and 9 out of 29 for old guy (45-49) division.

Sport

Stretching
10m

post race

RACE DAY: Lake Country Half Marathon

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Friday - August 30

Ok I just realized that tomorrow is only 2 weeks from my 50k run through the woods. Everytime I think about it my stomach gets jumbly. Some time because I really excited, some times because I am scared. I think it will be fun...but it will hurt too.

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Thursday - August 29

Run

31m 52s
3.50 miles
09m 05s /Mi

started this very late (9:40pm) after taking care of all I had to take care of. Pleasant, but too late to get to bed in a timely manner.

Sport

Walking
30m

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Wednesday - August 28

Sport

Walking
30m

Home at 7:45 from work. Only had time for run or walk I promised my daughter. Pretty easy choice. Also, have been terribly fatigued and thought taking a night off of running might help.