Marathon Training Blog Archive
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- Clothing (2)
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- Mileage (21)
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- Other Tips (25)
- Race Reports (12)
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- Shoes/Gear (6)
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- Training (73)
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- 10K (2)
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- Aging (1)
- Berlin Marathon (1)
- Boston Marathon (10)
- Bulldog (3)
- Calabasas (1)
- Calabasas Classic (1)
- Camarillo (5)
- Camarillo Marathon (2)
- Celebrities (1)
- Chicago Marathon (1)
- Cold (1)
- Great Race of Agoura (2)
- Guest post (1)
- Gym (1)
- Heat (2)
- Hidden Valley (1)
- Hills (1)
- Inspiration (2)
- LLong Runs (1)
- LLos Angeles Marathon (1)
- Long Runs (2)
- Los Angeles Marathon (5)
- Malibu Marathon (7)
- New York Marathon (2)
- Newbury Park (2)
- News (1)
- Ojai 2 Ocean Marathon (5)
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- Resources (1)
- Running Clubs (1)
- Running Streak (1)
- Sarah Palin (1)
- Skechers (1)
- Soreness (1)
- Sycamore Canyon (2)
- Toenails (1)
- Trails (7)
- Training Groups (1)
- Tucson Marathon (4)
- Turkey Trot (1)
- Video (1)
- Walking (1)
- World Record (1)
Entries by Title
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- Running Through Hamstring Problem and Trying Out Skechers Running Shoes
- 2013 Boston Marathon Results for Ventura County and Adjacent Area Finishers
- Another 5K Race...at Least I'm Consistent at the 35th Annual Camarillo Kiwanis 5K
- I Would Like to Be Running in My 90s Like These Guys!
- Results From 28th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills on March 23, 2013
- Los Angeles Marathon "Stadium to the Sea" Course - Is It Faster Than Previous Course?
- Find a Race Anywhere in the USA at RunningInTheUSA.com
- Interval Training on the Roads as an Alternative to the Track
- First 5K Race in Over Four Months Was Not a Disappointment
- Ran Over Two Hours Yesterday Without Carrying Water...Don't Try This at Home
- Nike "Find Your Greatness" Commercial: We Are All Capable of Greatness
- Highlights and Lowlights of 2012 and My Cumulative Lifetime Mileage Update
- New Year, Training, The Flu and The Camarillo Marathon
- Conejo Valley Trail Runners is a New Local Area Running Group Kicking Off 1/13/13
- Advice to Someone Looking to Run Their First Full Marathon in Less Than 2 Months
- Local Area Trail Races in Ventura County and Surrounding Areas
- What Have I Been Doing Since Running a Marathon Four Weeks Ago?
- Interview with John Fedoroff of Thousand Oaks, Winner of 2012 Malibu Marathon
- 2012 Malibu Marathon Yesterday Was My 30th Marathon
- Three Days Until Yet Another Marathon
- 2012 ING New York City Marathon on November 4th Has Been Cancelled
- Long Run Gone Wrong Two Weeks Before Marathon
- Marla Runyan Half Marathon Today Indicates Possible Sub-3 Hour Marathon Time
- Four Weeks Away From Marathon and 5K Time Equates to 3 Hour Marathon
- Signed Up For Malibu Marathon, My Foot Hurts, My Butt Hurts, But It's All Good
- Newbury Park "Sole Runners" Training Group Starts Its Winter Program
- Not All Long Runs are Created Equal
- Cool Awards at the Local Camarillo Lions Club 5K and 10K Run Today
- Waiting Until the Last Minute to Register for a Marathon This Fall
- Cruised Through an 18 1/2 Mile Run This Morning Powered by GU
- Paul Ryan is Not the Fastest Marathon Running Candidate for High Office After All
- Slow But Steady Paid Off on Saturday at the Bulldog 25K Trail Run
- Going With the Flow When Things Go Wrong in a Local 5K/10K Race
- Lulled In By the Bulldog 25K Trail Run Again This Year
- Australian Hurdler Michelle Jenneke's Warmup Dance; You Can Get Away With This if You're Good at What You Do!
- Video Footage of June 28th U.S. Men's 5,000 Meter Olympic Trials in Oregon
- Waking Up My Body Once Again With a Local 5K Race on the 4th of July
- With 2012 Men's Olympic Marathon Around the Corner, the 1968 Event Comes to Mind
- Novel Approach For Eliminating the Dreaded Nip Chafing Issue While Running a Marathon
- 2nd Annual Ojai 2 Ocean Marathon and Half Marathon Proves to Be a Hit!
- Mini Duathlon Through Sycamore Canyon
- Plugging Away in Hidden Valley
- Boston Marathon 2012 Was Sweltering; Top Local Finishers
- Knocking Out the Cobwebs With a 10K Race
- Boston Marathon Organizers Indicate 2012 Race to Occur in "Red Zone" Not Safe for "Unfit and Novice Runners"
- 2012 Boston Marathon Organizers Urging Caution on Monday Due to Extreme Heat
- Gaining Entry Into the New York City Marathon Can Be Quite a Challenge
- 27th Great Race of Agoura on March 24th Race Results
- Back Running After a 5 1/2 Week Hiatus and Los Angeles Marathon Results
- Long Hiatus But Soon to Come Back to the Running Scene
- Offline for Another Month With a Follow-Up Eye Surgery
- 2012 Marathon Trials Winner Meb Keflezighi is Motivational For a Number of Reasons
- Time, Training and Tenaciousness Tames the Training Tiger
- Predicting Your Anticipated Marathon Time Based on Other Races
- Ran 14 Miles This Weekend...Most I've Run in 4 Months
- Running a Local Turkey Trot While Still Feeling Sub-Par
- Feeling Under the Weather While Running in Wet Weather
- Coming Full Circle in the 5K - What 45 Days Off Does to Your Aerobic Capacity
- 7 Days Back Into Running and Starting to Feel the Love Again
- Back to Running After a 45 Day Hiatus
- Eye, Eye, Eye...37 Days Without Running and Boston is Less Than 6 Months Away
- Four Weeks Without Running...How to Train When You Can't Run?
- Sarah Palin Announces She's Not Running...For President...So How About Running a Marathon?
- Well the Good News is That I Received My 116th Boston Marathon Confirmation of Acceptance in the Mail Today
- Well That Was Quick...Entry to 116th Boston Marathon Has Been Accepted
- World Record Time in Men's Marathon Set Today at the Berlin Marathon
- Oh What the Heck, Let's See If I Can Get a Boston Marathon Entry
- Detached Retina Forces a 30 Day Hiatus From Running - What the Heck?
- 2011 Bulldog 25K Lived Up to Expectations...Hot and Brutal!
- Running the Bulldog 25K Tomorrow on the Hottest Day of the Summer
- Train on Hills to Race on Hills
- Running a Long, Hilly Trail Race? Here Are 10 Training Tips for You!
- Ran Another 5K But Back Came My Injury
- Light at the End of the Tunnel: Two Month Old Injury Disappears Overnight
- Experimenting With the Vibram FiveFingers: Running Practically Barefoot
- Continuing to Run Through Injury Though No Races on the Horizon
- My First Offical DNS (Did Not Start) of the Year Was Today!
- Four Days Off From Running and Counting...and Just 11 Days From a Marathon
- Runner Eats Only McDonald's For 30 Days Leading Up To the 2011 Los Angeles Marathon!
- Ran 21 Miles on Saturday But it Was Ugly
- 19.5 Miler Felt Fine But Abdomen Says Otherwise
- Training for a Marathon Only 6 1/2 Weeks Away
- News Flash: Training for the Inaugural Ojai 2 Ocean Marathon on June 5th!
- Revisiting My Experiences at the Boston Marathon 15 Years Ago
- Perfecting the Art of Blowing Your Nose on the Run
- First Cold of the Year - Thought I Was in the Clear!
- Run Streak Ended by Massive Rain Storm, 40-50 MPH Winds and Flooding
- Hour and 45 Minutes, No Water, No Gels, But a Bit of Chafing
- Got Me a Run Streak Going on Nearly 3 Months!
- Marathoning: It's All About the Mileage
- 95 Year Old Woman Runs 60 Meters in Under 30 Seconds for World Record!
- Stark Reminder of My Need to Start Training Harder at Bubba Gump in Long Beach
- Seven Weeks Ago I Drove Past the Location of the Tucson Shooting
- Quick New Year's Update - Tracking Mileage
- Feeling Much Better Two Weeks Post-Tucson Marathon
- Week of Recuperation Post-Tucson Marathon
- Tucson Marathon Post Mortem
- Tucson Marathon Today - There's No Fooling This Body
- One Less Toenail Four Days Before Tucson Marathon
- Cat's Out of the Bag - Running the Tucson Marathon on December 12th
- Quite Nicely Recovered From the Malibu Marathon...What's Next...
- Malibu Marathon Went as Well as I Could Expect
- Malibu Marathon Was a Success
- The Day Before the Malibu Marathon
- Back on Antibiotics 9 Days Pre-Marathon
- Betting on Long Runs to Power Me Through the Marathon
- Sunday's Long Run: Powered by Cipro
- No Long Run, No Race and No Running!
- The Yin and Yang of Sunday's Long Run
- Sometimes Races Don't Go As Planned
- Summer Ended and Autumn Began, but No One Told the Weatherman
- Tune Up For the Marathon by Alternating Long Runs with Races
- 22 Miler Today - Training for the Malibu Marathon in 9 Weeks
- One Week Break From the Long Run
- A Spur of the Moment Run up Boney Mountain
- Cool Summer = Great Long Run Training
- Over 16 Years Ago I Ran My First Marathon!
- Saved by Cloud Cover in Mid July
- July 6, 2010 Training Update
- Father's Day Started With a 5K Run
- Aching Back to the Future
- Busy Weekend! Long Run on Saturday and 10K on Sunday!
- Singapore Marathon Here I Come...I Think!
- I Had a Damn Good Run Tonight!
- Wow, This is Good Reason to Run a Marathon the Day After Thanksgiving!!
- Free Form Training Runs Add Spice to the Daily Routine
- Training Without Any Goals in Mind
- Injured Ankle Saved by a Bag of Orange Flavored Ice Cubes
- Running Has Been the Constant in My Life for 15 Years
- Been Running Since May 5, 1993 and Tallying Mileage Ever Since
- Eleven Days After the Santa Barbara Marathon
- The Day of the Santa Barbara Marathon
- Another Marathon Down the Hatch! Completed the Inaugural Santa Barbara Marathon!
- The Day Before a Marathon is the Time to Relax and Reflect
- Today is Tuesday, Marathon is Sunday
- Tapering Off the Mileage in Preparation for a Marathon
- 29 Weeks of Training, 3 Weeks of Tapering
- Long Runs are Better When You're Not Alone
- Beaten by a 15 Year Old Girl?? I Don't Think So!
- Long Run Plans Went Up in Smoke
- Obsessive-Compulsive Running and Running Streaks
- Back at It, Almost Recovered
- I'm Sitting Here Writhing in Back Pain Again
- True Grit Running This Week
- Double Up Your Runs When You Need to Double Down Your Training
- Slowly Coming Back From the Flu
- One Flu, Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Predicting the Unpredictable: How Do I Feel Today?
- Slowing Things Down as We Age
- Tuning Up For a Marathon by Running a Half Marathon
- Cloud Cover, In-N-Out Burger and 12 Weeks Until Marathon
- 19 Weeks In, 13 Weeks To Go...Less 3 For the Taper
- Slow But Steady Wins the Race to Complete a Marathon
- Running is an Antidote for Depression
- Run More, Think Less, Eat Chicken Nuggets??
- Listen to Your Body...And Do What Feel's Right
- I've Recovered From Every Injury I've Ever Had
- One Week Back From Weak Back
- Running While Being Stabbed in the Back
- Two Steps Forward, One Step, Ugh, My Aching Back!
- Set the Training Bar Low While on Vacation
- Some Long Runs Can Be Brutal! Sycamore Canyon 20 Miler Today!
- Take a Hall Pass From Running; and New L.A. Marathon Course Announcement!
- Seize the Opportunity to Run Long!
- You Can Beat But You Can't Cheat the Heat!
- 12 Minutes of Preparing...120 Minutes of Running!
- I Know the Real Reason Why Palin Resigned!
- Hydrate, Not too Late, or Seal Your Fate
- Pumping Iron or Dumping My Run? Conejo Joe's 20 Minute Strength Workout!
- Persistence + Practice + Patience = Performance
- Runner's World Marathon Challenge - Great Training Resource
- Life Happens...Training Must Go On!
- It Wasn't Pretty, But I'm Back on Track
- In Sickness and In Half Marathon
- Get the Message? Get a Massage!
- Ace Your Race With the Right Pace
- Running Tired...Join the Crowd!
- Schedules Schmedules - Set Running Goals and Targets and You'll Be Just Fine!
- Soreness vs Pain - Progress vs Injury
- Gym Workouts: Pump It or Dump It?
- Rolling With the Punches When Training for the Marathon
- Miles or Minutes? How Should You Measure Your Training Efforts?
- My Advice, Ice is Nice, Don't Think Twice
- Ran Up to the Old Danielson Cabin Site and Monument Today
- Reduce the Hurt...Run on Dirt!
- Looking Out For #1...and #2
- Running When There is Smoke in the Air
- You Won't Regret Taking a Break
- Celebrate the Small Milestones
- 1st Time Marathoner? Check Out Another Marathon!
- Sometimes You Gotta Just Give It Your Best Shot
- How Much Weekly Mileage Do You Need to Run a Marathon?
- Putting Mileage in the Bank
- Making the Commitment to Run a Marathon
Entries by Month
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- May 2013 (1)
- April 2013 (3)
- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (4)
- January 2013 (2)
- December 2012 (3)
- November 2012 (4)
- October 2012 (5)
- September 2012 (5)
- August 2012 (2)
- July 2012 (5)
- June 2012 (2)
- May 2012 (3)
- April 2012 (5)
- March 2012 (2)
- February 2012 (1)
- January 2012 (2)
- December 2011 (3)
- November 2011 (4)
- October 2011 (4)
- September 2011 (4)
- August 2011 (4)
- July 2011 (3)
- June 2011 (2)
- May 2011 (5)
- April 2011 (4)
- March 2011 (4)
- February 2011 (2)
- January 2011 (2)
- December 2010 (6)
- November 2010 (6)
- October 2010 (4)
- September 2010 (4)
- August 2010 (2)
- July 2010 (3)
- June 2010 (4)
- March 2010 (1)
- February 2010 (2)
- January 2010 (4)
- December 2009 (5)
- November 2009 (5)
- October 2009 (7)
- September 2009 (6)
- August 2009 (8)
- July 2009 (8)
- June 2009 (9)
- May 2009 (14)
- April 2009 (2)
