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  1. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Thirteen

    "Runners don't get rained out, they get rained on." –Unknown

    I stood on the front porch of my house this morning and cursed my decision to move my long run from Saturday to Sunday. Rain, rain, and more rain had fallen most of the night and would continue to fall throughout the day. The winds, with gusts up to 20mph, rattled the Christmas ornaments and lights hung on our leafless Magnolia tree in the front yard. Welcome to winter in the west side of the Pacific Northwest. ...
  2. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Twelve

    “On race weekend, of course, they're the ones who kick into high gear just as we're downshifting to prepare for race day. They travel along with us, carrying our stuff and eating when, and where, we want. They soothe our nerves. They study course maps to plot out where they'll have the best chances of seeing us. They wonder whether, logistically, they can catch us at mile three and again at mile 11, and still make it to the finish in time, if they hustle. They stand, often in poor weather and often ...
  3. Dopey Challenge - Week Ten

    "No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others."
    --Dr. George Sheehan

    Last Saturday evening during the Wine & Dine Half Marathon, I had a young runner pass ...

    Updated 11-11-2013 at 07:13 AM by RunningFool

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  4. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Six

    “Keep varying the program. Your body will tell you what to do.” ~ Joan Benoit Samuelson, 1984 Women's Marathon Olympic Gold Medalist

    I’m a skinny-fingered person. Not quite Jack Skellington-skinny but there’s just not a lot of fat on those bones (unfortunately there is more than enough fat distributed elsewhere on my body but that is an entirely different discussion). So I’ve found it odd that during long runs my fingers can puff up like ten little pigs in a blanket. Same thing with ...

    Updated 10-13-2013 at 07:23 PM by RunningFool

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    Team MousePlanet , Featured
  5. Dopey Challenge Training - Week Five

    "Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing."
    ~ Olympian Kara Goucher

    I’m a training manager by trade. In my day job, I’m used to analyzing what worked and what didn’t work on training projects. For those items that didn’t turn out so well, part of the analysis process calls for determining contributing factors to the problem and what improvements to implement so the issues do ...

    Updated 10-07-2013 at 04:21 AM by RunningFool

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