Race Report: Race Day or How Fast Can the Fat Man Go?

Date: May 23, 2009 Race: American Heroes Memorial Day 5 and 10K, Distance:  5K, Result 26:35:77 (watch timed), 26:44 (race clock), 26:50 (chip time something was obviously wrong) Conditions 70ish and overcast Notes: Friday night the wife asked if I was nervous about the race. I thought it was a weird question at the time. Why [...]

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TooFat’s Triumphant Return To Racing

I’m proud to announce that I will be making my return to “competitive” racing tomorrow at the 2009 American Hero’s Memorial Day 5k. I’m sure all the major media outlets will be covering it but I wanted to announce it first. Seriously, it’ll be my first race in over three years. The last one ended poorly [...]

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May 21st

May 21 : Longest run yet. Yet another accident Distance: 4.35 miles,  Course:  Supposed to be my new 4 mile route but I got lost. Time:  41.08,  Conditions:   75 and calm low humidity. Notes: Mixed bag today. Alternated between great and horrible.  I decided to use mapmyrun.com to figure out my route without having to drive it first. Its [...]

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Sponsored Ams and May 19th

In high school my best friend was a skater. I’m not talking riding your green Nash Executioner (remember) to the store type skater but a hair dyed, half pipe grinding, scare your grandparents type skater.  This was back before skating was mainstream. It was before Jackass, the X-Games and the internet. Back then everyone knew the name Tony Hawk [...]

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Finally, TooFat’s First Four Miler (Alliteration is Fun)

May 17: Finally 4 miles.  Lets get an aircraft carrier and a misleading banner. Distance:  4 miles,  Course:  4 mile home loop (I don’t like this course and it will change)  Time:  36:50,  Conditions:   72 and breezy, no humidity at all Notes: So much for giving up the watch. Yesterday it felt like a shackle and today it was a [...]

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May 16th, Running in the Rain and the Importance of Play

May 16: Not just another 3 miler Distance:  3 miles,  Course:  3 mile home loop  Time:  27:50,  Conditions:   55-60 degrees and a light steady rain. Notes: I have not felt it this week. It has been a struggle to get out on the road and its showed in the sporadic runs. On a couple of occasions I knew I [...]

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Base Building and Early Mornings or May 13

At this point I am not training for a marathon, I am “building my base” a.k.a.  going for a few painful slow jogs every weeks. Any marathon training program is based upon the premise that anyone attacking this distance has a base level of fitness. I do not. When I started this venture I was  pathetically out [...]

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May 10th or That’ll Do Pig

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the training routes I’ve run in my life, including the ones I’m running now. For the “short” training runs, say 3-6 miles (full disclosure: at this point 3 miles is not a regular training run but my long run), I prefer the loop. I find them more interesting as [...]

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May 9th

May 9: Another 3 miler Distance:  3 miles,  Course:  3 mile home loop  Time:  28:03,  Conditions:   65 degrees, with no humidity. The heat has rolled in late this week but I caught this one after a front came through that lowered the temperatures from the day before. Notes: Well I copped out and didn’t run my 3 mile route in reverse. [...]

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May 6th, My First 20 Miler and Reflections on My Education

Unfortunately I did not run 20 miles on Wednesday. I was glad to get in 3 miles. May 5: Distance run Distance:  3 miles,  Course:  3 mile home loop  Time:  28:20,  Conditions:   60 degrees, cool and damp. Ran following a rain storm Notes:Pacing was really really good on this one. I stuck to 9:30s the first two miles. [...]

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