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Isn't pasta supposed to be good for you? by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Mile 6: 7:11 Mile 7: 7:34 Mile 8: 8:44 Mile 9: 9:31 Mile 10: 8:13 These are the splits of my last five miles of Thursday morning's 10-miler with Team Rogu ... Read on »
Trying to add things up by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training October 4: I'm fully hydrated. Hadn't drank wine in two days. Well-tapered. I take gells and drink water every three or four miles. And then I go out and run a ... Read on »
I've got to get out of the rabbit hole by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training In my new job, everyday I see stories that are shocking or sad or crazy: A father making less than $30,000/year somehow qualifying for a $150,000 mortgage; a senior citizen wi ... Read on »
October 2009 mileage by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I ended the month with a 16 mile run on Halloween. Got it done in 2:01. Because I took a lot of time off after my October 4 (Disastrous) Portland Marathon, October was my lowe ... Read on »
So what... by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I know it seems like I've dropped off the face of the (blogging) earth, but I have been adjusting to my new job investigating mortgage fraud and have been trying to fi ... Read on »
I'm back.... by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training I know it's been a while since I've blogged. For one thing, I just returned from Tempe, AZ after two weeks of the most intense training for my new job. Another ... Read on »
Portland Marathon Race Report: Stage fright and a small dose of redemption by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training So what happened? That's the big question that everybody has, right? I mean, how did 55 miles/week of training and 8 runs over 20 miles equal a 4:03 marathon on a flat course ... Read on »
Portland Marathon Race Report: Stage fright and a small dose of redemption by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training So what happened? That's the big question that everybody has, right? I mean, how did 55 miles/week of training and 8 runs over 20 miles equal a 4:03 marathon on a flat ... Read on »
Portland Marathon splits by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training In airport headed to Phoenix for the new job. Here are my splits. Last mile faster than the first but in between was a whole lot of misery and too much time in the portapottie ... Read on »
Portland Marathon finish by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Ran a 4:03. Wayyyyyy disappointing. No cramping though my legs felt stiff for the first 24 miles. Magically I ran a 7:59 and a 7:24 the last two miles. So that's the ... Read on »
Track me at the Portland Marathon by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Go here: http://www.liveraceresults.com/liverc1/ Start time is Sunday, 7:00 a.m. West Coast Time. Which means 9 a.m. Austin time and 10 a.m. for all my East Coast bloggy peep ... Read on »
September mileage 2009 by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Miles run in September: 198.71 (Last two weeks are tapering for Portland Marathon) Time: 27 hours, 15 minutes, 41 seconds Pace: 8:13 min/mile Total miles run in 2009: 1,772 ... Read on »
Taper doing its job by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Did 8 miles with Team Rogue this morning. For the first time in, oh, say six weeks, I ran without ANY pain. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. No pain. (Did I say pain free?) Before I too ... Read on »
Portland Marathon Week: The details are in the numbers by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Today, with the marathon less than a week away, I checked out my weekly mileage totals from each of my four previous marathon totals and compared them to the 16-week schedule ... Read on »
Track workout: Too many left-hand turns by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Interesting workout today. 6x1 miles around the track. But the twist was that during each mile, every 400 meters we had to alternate between our 10k pace and our half marathon ... Read on »
Leftover Labor Day Pictures by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training These are leftover pictures from when I went to Fort Worth. I went to a Queso Party (thrown by the coolest party thrower ever, Christa - squatting next to me in the first pict ... Read on »
Cowboys-Giants: Not the way to open a new stadium by Kevin L. Patient Expert 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training How many times in NFL history has one team run for more than 250 yards and still lost? When you run for plus 250 in a game, it means your offensive line is dominating their d ... Read on »
Time for Taper: My legs need the rest, my mind needs the confidence by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training If anyone would have told me before I joined Team Rogue that I'd survive 8 runs of 20 miles or more including 3 runs of at least 23 miles; that I'd survive 10 ... Read on »
The best news I've had in some time. by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training So, this is how I learned I was no longer unemployed. I was dropping Noah off with his mother. I checked my iphone for emails, and voila, at 2:40 p.m. Central Standard Time, m ... Read on »
I've got a job by Kevin L. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Endurance Training Just got the offer letter. R.I.P unemployment 3/20/09 to 9/18/09I start Oct. 5 with 2 weeks of training in Tempe, AZ.More details later. I've got a sleepy kid drooliin ... Read on »