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Category Archives: Race recap
Race Recap: 2013 Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon
Friday We made it down to Champaign in plenty of time to take it easy before heading over to the Expo at ARC on the University of Illinois campus. While my wife and I both attended and I was a … Continue reading
Posted in elevation profile, goals, half marathon, marathon, race giveaways, Race recap, racing, running, training, Uncategorized
Tagged fitness, half marathon, health, Illinois Marathon, marathon, racing, run, runner, running, sports, training
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Race Numberz: 3:47:02 at the Illinois Marathon and new PR
Woo-hoo!! New marathon PR by 5:46. Official result of 3:47:02! Recap to come in the coming days. (Summary: Totally chilled on the pace. Stayed with the 3:45 pace group through mile 21 and then faded off the pace a bit. … Continue reading
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Tagged fitness, health, Illinois Marathon, marathon, racing, run, runner, running, sports
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Race Recap: 2013 Egg Shell Shuffle Half Marathon
Even though the Egg Shell Shuffle in Schaumburg, IL is a “local” race for me (about 45 minutes from home), it felt like an out-of-town race since my wife and I took our two boys to downtown Chicago for the … Continue reading
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Tagged daily mile, egg shell shuffle, elevation profile, fitness, half marathon, racing, run, runner, running, sports
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Racing Numberz: Half marathon PR by more than 4 minutes
Woo-hoo. Beautiful day for racing at the Egg Shell Shuffle Half Marathon in Schaumburg today. Sliced four minutes off my previous half marathon PR of 1:42:23. Finished in 1:38:18. And completely smashed by goal of running a half marathon in … Continue reading
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Tagged daily mile, fitness, goals, half marathon, racing, run, runner, running, training
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Today’s Numberz: New half marathon PR by 2:20!
Just wrapped up the 2012 Fox Valley Half Marathon and finished with a 1:42:23. Finally got the cooler temps I’ve been craving for a race day, and it paid off in spades. Also took 2:20 off my previous PR. Becky … Continue reading
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Tagged fox valley marathon, half marathon, race pics, race recap, run, runner, running
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Today’s Numberz: 8 Half Madness Half Marathon pics
Okay, so the race was three weeks ago and I’m just getting around to posting pics. That’s pretty much the story of my blogging this year. But…here’s the 2012 Half Madness Marathon in pics–all taken by my wonderful wife, Rebecca, … Continue reading
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Tagged half marathon, race pics, race recap, run, runner, running
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Today’s Numberz: Missed a half marathon PR by 8 seconds
So eight weeks of cramming in training runs after being completely lazy for 6 weeks this summer led to me missing my half marathon PR by 8 seconds. But I wouldn’t trade the race for anything. It could have been … Continue reading
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Tagged half marathon, healthy-living, pr, racing, river path, run, runner, running, sports, training
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