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99 Days of Training: Day 66

Apr02
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day”s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

After my PR setting race on Saturday I’ve decided to extend my recovery an extra day. First off, the hills were insane, and secondly my left foot is bothering me. So, with that I figure an extra day is better than an injury. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.. but I know what tonight will bring….

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, marathon, rest, spring, training

99 Days of Training: Day 65

Apr01
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day’s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

If you haven’t read my race recap from yesterday, start there. After that, you’ll see why I’m taking a rest day. Not just because it was a regularly scheduled rest day, but because I PR’d on an INSANE course.

The only thing better than my PR yesterday, was the Cats beating Louisville and going on to the championship game tomorrow. Way to go Cats! Time to bring home #8!

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, marathon, PR, race, rest, spring, training

RunTheBluegrass Race Recap

Mar31
2012 1 Comment Written by @drose0

Wow. That should be the only word needed to describe the RunTheBluegrass Half-Marathon today. The reason I use the word “wow” is because it can be used in combination of many phrases, all of which fully describe the day. For example, “wow, what an amazing event”, or “wow, what a gorgeous course”, or perhaps “wow, there were a TON of people there.” All of these are true, along with “wow, that was challenging” and “wow, that is the hilliest place in town.”. But the bigger wow is “Wow, I just set a Personal Record on a gorgeous, hilly, challenging course and tons of people were there to witness it.” Now granted, they weren’t there to see ME (well, 3 of them were), but it still is an awesome feeling to finish with so many people there.

This event had a different feel to me than my first half, the Iron Horse Half-Marathon (see recap here). I believe it has to do with the fact this time around, my goal isn’t today’s half-marathon, but the full marathon I’m doing in 36 days. This time I wasn’t out to prove to myself that I could do 13.1 miles, because I already had. This time I was out for fun (and a PR if possible), and it made it special in its own way.

Heading out I was still torn on my approach. My logical side told me not to risk injury or fatigue by pushing myself too hard; after all I do have a full marathon in 5 weeks. My competitive side told me “You ran a 2:11:28 your last half…beat that on a harder course and you are marathon ready.” Once I set out I decided to see what I could do. If I beat it, I beat it… if I didn’t, I didn’t. Would I have been disappointed to have had a worse time? Of course. But I also understood this course is much harder, much hillier than the other, so if it didn’t happen then it wouldn’t be for lack of trying.

Posted in Half-Marathons, Races - Tagged 2012, awesome, family, outdoor, PR, race, run, spring, training

99 Days of Training: Day 64

Mar31
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day’s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

Half-marathon today… see my recap for today’s info

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, outdoor, PR, race, spring, training

Preliminary RunTheBluegrass Playlist

Mar30
2012 1 Comment Written by @drose0

39 tracks in playlist, average track length: 3:51
Playlist length: 2 hours 30 minutes 28 seconds

Playlist files:

1. Pink – Get The Party Started (3:12)
2. House Of Pain – Jump Around (3:32)
3. Ludacris – Roll Out (4:56)
4. LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It (3:19)
5. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown – International Love (3:29)
6. Queen – We Will Rock You (2:02)
7. Michael Jackson – Beat It (4:18)
8. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera) (3:21)
9. Styx – Mr. Roboto (4:50)
10. K7 – Come Baby Come (3:55)
11. Various Artists – Espn Presents The Jock Jam (3:16)
12. Linkin Park/Jay Z – Numb Encore (3:23)
13. Tone Loc – Wild Thing (4:25)
14. Lady Gaga – Poker Face (3:57)
15. Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha (4:03)
16. Queen – Another One Bites The Dust (3:36)
17. 3 Doors Down – Kryptonite (3:54)
18. Foreigner – Juke Box Hero (4:19)
19. The Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow (4:11)
20. Michael Jackson – Thriller (5:57)
21. Foreigner – Hot Blooded (4:28)
22. Limp Bizkit – Rollin (3:38)
23. Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal (3:31)
24. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting (3:17)
25. D12 – My Band (4:57)
26. Weird Al Yankovic – It’s All About The Pentiums (An Adaptation Of “It’s All About The Benjamins” By Puff Daddy) (3:37)
27. Taio Cruz – Dynamite (3:23)
28. dc Talk – Jesus Freak (4:49)
29. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin And Juice (Remix) (5:02)
30. American Hi-Fi – Geeks get the Girls (2:51)
31. Devo – Whip It (2:39)
32. Blink-182 – What’s My Age Again? (2:28)
33. All-4-One – (She’s Got) Skillz (Club Remix) (5:17)
34. Green Day – Holiday (3:52)
35. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out (4:49)
36. Nelly – Number One (3:18)
37. Linkin Park – Bleed It Out (2:46)
38. Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood (4:50)
39. Queen – We Are The Champions (3:01)

Posted in Half-Marathons, Races - Tagged 2012, music, playlist, race, spring

99 Days of Training: Day 62

Mar29
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day’s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

Today was just a quick tune up for this weekend’s half-marathon. I just put in 2 miles to kick off the rust. That is the only run I’ve had this week since my big 20-miler on Sunday.

A bit of reflection: Last year I ran the 5K at this race, setting a then-PR of 30’51″. I remember how awesome it was to see all the half-marathoners coming through after I was done that I thought “next year, that will be me.” Well, I underestimated myself because I really thought it’d take me a year to get to 13.1. I was wrong, as I ran the Iron Horse only 6.5 months later. Now, a year later I’m ready for my second half-marathon and will be only 36 days away from my first full upon completion. Amazing things can happen when you prove your self-doubts wrong.

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 5k, 99 Days of Training, awesome, marathon, PR, race, run, spring, training

99 Days of Training: Day 59

Mar26
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that dayâs training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

No training today, just recovering. Yesterday was my first 20-miler so I’m going to take it easy today and probably tomorrow. RunTheBluegrass half-marathon is coming up on Saturday so this week will probably be an easy week to give me some energy for that.

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, marathon, rest, training

99 Days of Training: Day 58

Mar25
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that dayâs training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

What a huge day! First and foremost, my Kentucky Wildcats are headed back to the final 4! Secondly, I ran 20 miles. Some people may put that in the other order, but I’m more proud of my Cats than I am of my 20 miles.

So I set out at Legacy Trail bright and early. Things went really well, surprisingly. I remember a day when a mile seemed impossible, yet today I recall thinking I’d just started when I’d been out for 10 miles. It was a surprisingly good feeling.

Of course, that didn’t last. Once I got around mile 17 I really started feeling it. At that point I was just hoping to get it over with. Since my previous best was only 16 miles this run by far shattered anything I had done before in terms of distance, time, calories, etc.

Overall I did 20.01 miles in 3 hours, 47 minutes and 45 seconds. Pace was only 11:23/mi, so not blazing but respectable for my first 20-miler.

This should be a lazy week coming up..minimal running due to my schedule, recovery, and the upcoming half-marathon this weekend.

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, awesome, jog, legacy trail, marathon, morning, outdoor, run, spring, training

Flying Pig Training: Week 3 Recap

Feb05
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Whew, what a week! Unlike my sick kid in week 1 or the sick me in week 2 this week was healthy and charged! My runs of 5 on Monday (5.02 actual), 4 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday (6.03 actual), 4 on Thursday (4.04 actual) and getting in a day early my 12 long run (12.03 actual) put me at 31.12 for the week, .12 above my schedule.

While my runs may not be super fast lately, my long run on Friday was actually at a pretty good pace. I think the warm weather and sunny skies majorly aided with that. Next week I have a similar schedule, just replacing my long run with 14. At 31.12 I hit the most I’ve ever done in a week, so next week I’ll pass that at 33 if I’m able to get everything in. Fourteen miles matches my highest at a time, so next week shouldn’t be bad. My real challenge comes February 25th with my first 16-miler.

Posted in Flying Pig 2012, Training - Tagged 2012, afternoon, jog, legacy trail, marathon, outdoor, run, training, winter

99 Days of Training: Day 5

Feb01
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day’s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

Word of the day: awesomeness. Okay, while not technically a real word it is a description of me. I know, I know… you think so to, that is why you are reading this, thank you.

Today we had the opportunity to customize our race-bibs for the RunTheBluegrass half-marathon, so naturally mine is going to say DJ “I Am Awesome” Rose. It isn’t isn’t from vanity that I say that, but the confidence that I have in myself. I think given the fact I’ve went from a couch potato to a soon-to-be marathon; down 126lbs in 20 months; in the best shape of my life, that I deserve to have that mentality if I so desire… and I do desire.

So, there, you have it… I Am Awesome.

Posted in 99 Days of Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, awesome, marathon, training, weight loss

Posts tagged half marathon

99 Days of Training: Day 66

99 Days of Training: Day 65

RunTheBluegrass Race Recap

99 Days of Training: Day 64

Preliminary RunTheBluegrass Playlist

99 Days of Training: Day 62

99 Days of Training: Day 59

99 Days of Training: Day 58

Flying Pig Training: Week 3 Recap

99 Days of Training: Day 5

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