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Brandon’s blog about his training for a third marathon.
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For my three readers, this is where I am this week.
Orange

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Those two colors make orange. Why would I mention that. I am attending the orange conference in Atlanta this week.  So I didn’t run yesterday, instead I drove 583 miles south and got checked in last night.
This a.m. I ran a mile and walked a half mile. Too late of a night last night and [...]

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So today I hit the gym with wifey. She routinely runs a quick 10 miler on Saturday mornings while me and the two children are eating bacon and pancakes in our p.j’s. Not today. I went to the gym too. After a triple expresso I was ready to run.
Walked a 1/4, ran 1.5 miles!, walked [...]

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Today, I walked over to the gym. I had to stop by the Dayton courthouse and pay a parking ticket. This running thing cost me $15.00 this week. For one over due meter. Doesn’t seem constitutional really. But the appeal cost more than just paying the stinking fine. But I digress.
So having walked almost a [...]

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Today I ran an entire mile without stopping. I haven’t done this since 1993 when I had general admission tickets to Jimmy Buffett at the amphitheater in Nashville. So I walked 1/4 mile today, ran 1 mile at 5.2, then walked 1/4 again and ran 1/2 mile to finish in 26 something. Very good day.
I [...]

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Today I was able to run 3/4 mile at one stretch. That felt good. I think I could have pushed it and went a full mile but the first aid monitor was starting to stare. So I slowed it down.
Walked 1/4, Ran 3/4, Walked 1/4 and Ran 1/2. For a final two mile time of [...]

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Thursday’s run re-cap:
Walked 1/4, Ran 1/2, Walked 1/4, Ran 1/2, Walked 1/4.
You should understand that by “ran” I mean jogged at 5.2 miles per hour.
I can already tell that time will be of the essence on my lunch break. Stretching will be by new friend. Will try and look for a real training schedule to [...]

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I woke up today with a dark realization that my legs may not appreciate my accelerated training schedule. Some muscle that Melissa called a “quad” burns like fire. Both of them.
Yesterday I repeated day one. Walk 1/4, Jog 1/4 etc. But my treadmill was malfunctioning. Due to the mechanical problems, I had to ratchet up [...]

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So today I hit the gym at lunch. I used the Couch to 5K program and did the following:
Walk 1/2 mile, Jog 1/4 mile, Walk, Jog, Walk, Jog and so on for two miles. I was able to do this under 30 minutes. That was my goal since I have to drive to the Y, [...]

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