Marine Corps Marathon

Marine Corps Marathon Recap

This weekend I completed the Marine Corps Marathon – my 7th standalone marathon (8th including Ironman Austria or 9th including the Jed Smith 50K). It’s the first marathon I’ve done “for fun” and the most undertrained I’ve ever been for a race this distance. It was also, [...] Read more...

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Can You Run A Marathon For Fun?

Over the past few months, I’ve shared about my running struggles and the Marine Corps marathon several times (here, here, & here, for example). After our move to Colorado, I had a much harder time adjusting to the altitude and hills than I expected. Instead of a [...] Read more...

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Consistency and Marine Corps Marathon Training

You might remember that I am currently “training” for the Marine Corps marathon, sorta. It’s been a few weeks since I talked much about that specifically, so I thought I’d share my progress today. My original plan was to just focus on building base for 4 weeks, [...] Read more...

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I’ve Got That Marathon Feeling…Sort Of

I was flipping through Runner’s World this weekend while sitting on the floor of our empty house in Atlanta and I noticed a chart of marathon training dates. It listed several Fall marathons and the suggested start date for training, using the typical 16 week training model. [...] Read more...

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