Week 18: The Marathon
Final Preparations This week the main focus was on carb loading and a few short runs. I ate so much pasta and bananas. We left for...
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May 2, 20221 min read
Week 17: Tapering 2
I feel ready for the marathon on Saturday. My bag is packed up with running gear, shoes, and the course map. The focus of the coming week...
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Apr 24, 20222 min read
Week 16: Tapering 1
Ah, the glorious weeks of tapering, during which you run less in order to prepare yourself to run more. It's slightly counterintuitive...
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Apr 16, 20221 min read
Week 15
The true meaning of the phrase "it's not a sprint, it's a marathon" is becoming increasingly clear to me. I think most people who use...
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Mar 16, 20222 min read
Marathon Training: Week 10
From now on, every long run will be a new distance PR This week marked uncharted territory: Up until Saturday, I knew what it felt like...
Ife
Mar 6, 20221 min read
Marathon Training Week 9
I have officially surpassed the halfway point in training for the marathon, and the overwhelming sensation is... fatigue. Starting around...
Ife
Feb 26, 20221 min read
Marathon Training: Week 8 (Half Marathon)
This week's training plan called for running 13 miles on Saturday. It was a strange milestone considering that the past few times I've...
Ife
Feb 24, 20223 min read
Marathon Training: Week 7
For the first time in over a month, I have finally completed all the runs in the week's training plan! And it was a busy week, with five...
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Feb 19, 20223 min read
Marathon Training: Week 6
I'm a bit delayed in writing this post because I've been taking a break from the internet, to the extent possible. It's surprising how...
Ife
Feb 6, 20223 min read
Marathon Training Week 5
This week I finally have no bad news to report, and it's reflected in my training.
Ife
Jan 31, 20223 min read
Marathon Training Week 4
After the last few weeks, today's post makes me feel like this is probably the most depressing marathon training blog ever. But here we...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
Marathon Training: Week 3
Try again, fail again. Try again.
Ife
Jan 16, 20222 min read
Marathon Training: Week 2
My training plan was able to stay mostly intact. Albeit outdoors and requiring me to cross the road when the random dog-walker approached.
Ife
Jan 11, 20223 min read
Marathon Training: Week 1
It's kind of unfortunate that my marathon training schedule began so close to the new year, because it feels like a New Year's Resolution.
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