January 2011
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Jan 1st
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December 2010
20 posts
kmtrps asked: Do you have any New Year's resolutions?
Dec 31st
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Boston is 108 Days Away.
4.04 miles through Hancock park.
Dec 31st
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Me vs. Me
Lazy Scotty: It's cold out there.
Runner Scotty: Yep. It'll feel good.
Lazy Scotty: Right. But it's really windy.
Runner Scotty: Builds endurance.
Lazy Scotty: Okay, okay. But it's getting late.
Runner Scotty: So?
Lazy Scotty: Maybe I could do it first thing in the morning?
Runner Scotty: That's not in the training plan.
Lazy Scotty: But I LOVE Nebraska football! I need to watch this game!
Runner Scotty: No you don't.
Lazy Scotty: But it's just one day off!!
Runner Scotty: Go ahead - I just thought you said you wanted to break 3 hours.
Lazy Scotty: FINE. Lemme find my tights.
Dec 31st
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Boston is 109 Days Away.
3.84 miles.
Dec 30th
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Boston is 110 Days Away.
5.24 miles at UCLA’s Drake Track. 4 x 800 workout and 4 sets of stadiums.
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Boston is 111 Days Away.
4.29 miles in Venice.
Dec 28th
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Boston is 112 Days Away.
15.18 miles in South Bay, Q1 workout. 2 miles E + 5 x (5-6 minutes T with 1 minute rests) + 1 hour E: Jack Daniels if you need him.
Dec 27th
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Boston is 113 Days Away.
6.08 miles running through Hollywood on Christmas morning. Some people shook their heads, a few wished me a Merry Christmas, and one guy in a bike helmet and girl’s backpack sang/yelled “Deck The Halls” at me.
Dec 26th
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Boston is 114 Days Away.
11.28 miles in South Bay at sub-7 pace. I call it the “Christmas EL-EVE-N”, following up on last year’s “The Nine Before Christmas” 12/24 run.
Dec 24th
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Boston is 116 Days Away.
4.27 miles in Hollywood. I’ve found that I don’t end up any less soaked after I run in the rain, just slightly cleaner.
Dec 22nd
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Boston is 117 Days Away.
4.37 miles on a Tempo run. I’m using Jack Daniels’ Running Formula as the basis of my training, but mixing in Hal Higdon’s Advanced-II Marathon Plan to fill in the non-Q days and give a variety of workouts.
Dec 21st
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Boston is 118 Days Away.
4.08 miles in a Hollywood downpour. I gave up trying to keep my socks dry after the first 2 minutes.  After a half-mile, I embraced the weather and felt like a kid playing in the rain.
Dec 20th
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Boston is 119 Days Away.
11.57 miles in the early morning Santa Monica wind and rain. This was the first Quality1 (Q1) workout of my Boston training: 20 minutes E + 20 minutes T + 20 minutes E
Dec 19th
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Dec 15th
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At this morning's shoot
Me: Where you from originally?
James: New York.
Me: Oh. No, I mean, did you move here from the UK?
James: No, no. I picked this accent up in Venice Beach.
Dec 13th
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Santa Monica - Venice Christmas Run
Ran both the 5k and 10k this morning with the boys.  A good check-in race to get my VDOT set before Boston training begins. 10k: 38:58 (7th in division, 38th overall) 5k: 19:22 (10th in division, 42nd overall) Average pace: 6:15/mi VDOT: 54
Dec 11th
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Watching The Big Show at Edison Elementary. YSF... →
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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