Category Archives: numberz runner

Today’s Numberz: 7:15 min/mile pace for a Boston Marathon qualifying time

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Back in early March, I wrote about how the qualifying time for my age group for getting into the Boston Marathon was a 3:10. Despite being obsessive about all kinds of running-related numbers, it wasn’t until this morning that I … Continue reading →

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Today’s Numberz: A 21-miler for 100th consecutive day of running

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Despite a soft week of mileage while recovering from last week’s half marathon PR (a mere 23 miles heading into the last day of the week instead of being in the 30s), I knew I needed to take full advantage … Continue reading →

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Today’s Numberz: The 75-day running streak continues…

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

A comment from Angela at Run Nature the other day made me realize that while I have run every single day since way back on December 29 that I’ve barely mentioned the running streak on my blog. I’m sure that … Continue reading →

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Today’s Numberz: 2-year blogiversary!

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

The Numberz Runner turns two today! Two years ago, I was about a month out from running my first-ever marathon, the Go! St. Louis Marathon. I had already been running consistently for about 10 months. I decided to start blogging … Continue reading →

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Today’s Numberz: 28 full days of running on Daily Mile

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Let’s face it. We’ve probably all had some times when our Daily Mileage training log has looked a little bleak and empty, like my recap of February (below) from last year. At some points in 2012, it looked a whole … Continue reading →

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Today’s Numberz: 3 more thoughts on the Rockford Half Marathon

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

A few follow-up thoughts to my race recap yesterday of the 2012 Rockford Half Marathon. 1. Meeting a Fellow Daily Miler In the finisher’s area at last Sunday’s Rockford Half Marathon, I thought I recognized one of the people that … Continue reading →

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2012 Rockford Half Marathon race recap

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Pre-Race With a 7am start time, alarm was set for 4:30am. Hopped in the shower, toasted a bagel, slapped on some peanut butter and a banana, and Becky and I were out the door by 5am. Took about 70 minutes … Continue reading →

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