Tag Archives: half marathon

2014: One for the books

As the sun sets on 2014, it takes with it easily the most action-packed year of my short life. I’ll spare you the gory details of in-depth retrospectives that I’m probably still too close to objectively give, and instead just provide … Continue reading

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Pre-race strategizing

The Air Force Marathon is this coming weekend. We had our last quality workout this morning (7mi tempo run); now it’s a mini-taper in final preparation for the Saturday half marathon. My goal is the same as it was for … Continue reading

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I need a running blog

Mainly because there’s so much going on with running and with researching, it’s getting difficult to pick what to bloogggggg about. Though I suppose that’s better than the alternative of starting every post with “so I’ve been bad about blogging … Continue reading

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Of Running and Programming

Seems like this has been my life of late: as spring blooms and the end of the semester nears, I’ve had time for running and working. Both have been progressing well, so I suppose I can’t complain. Well, mostly progressing well. … Continue reading

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Three races, three weeks, but only two PRs

Interested in running? Not sure how to get started? How about putting your feet to the flames? But seriously, hyperbolic statements aside (a friend of mine did four races in four weeks), I don’t know how I’ve managed to squeeze … Continue reading

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Update for the sake of updating

So. I don’t really have anything specific I wanted to blog about today, but I really need to get into a more regular blogging rhythm here – ideally back up to somewhere around once per week – and blogging does … Continue reading

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Failed marathons and cross-country excursions

Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time to update–getting set up as a Google employee is quite time-consuming–but I wanted to mention a few things that have happened lately. Cathryn and I attended the Pittsburgh Marathon, slated to run … Continue reading

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How (not?) to run a half-marathon

Over the Thanksgiving break, Cathryn and I ran our first half-marathon! I’m super glad I did it. It wasn’t pretty, but now that I have the experience I can prepare better for the next one (and there will indeed be … Continue reading

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