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Thursday
It's getting to be the time of the year for high school track teams begin their practice. This means it will be harder to find open tracks for training. My training consisted of my morning core routine and after work I did dflex, core, drills, 4 miles easy (Marina and no watch), 4 x 100m strides and stretch.

Friday
This morning I had coffee with my coach. I have to say we've set some pretty lofty goals. If I can hit these marks, this year will be epic. Morning session - my core routine, dflex, core, 3 miles easy (Beaver Byington) and stretch.

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Morning session - crunches, bridge, clams, supper man and push ups 10 each.

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I had another sleep interrupted night, but I'm feeling OK this morning.

Morning session - crunches, push ups, clams and bridges. 15 each. Pull ups 2 x 3.

Evening session - dflex, core, strides, 4 miles easy, 2 x 100m strides and stretch. 

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Morning workout - push ups, bridge, crunches and clams. 10-15 each.

Noon session - dflex, core, 4 miles easy, pull ups 3 x 5, stretch and more core.

140217 Myrtle Beach Half Marathon

Myrtle Beach Half Marathon

Wow, what a week leading up to this race.

On the Saturday before the race I woke up sick with GI issues. It was so bad I could not do my last long run. I did get to feeling better and was able to have a decent run Monday (3 miles easy with 6 x 100m). Monday night I didn't sleep well and woke up with cold symptoms. I felt bad all day Tuesday. My last quality run was nixed.

On Wednesday I was feeling a little better but snow storm Pax rolled in, and again I was not running. I could have run on the treadmill, but I had a feeling that if I ran I would feel worse and my confidence couldn’t take much more. Thank goodness for Kristen’s pep talks.

I woke up Thursday to 6 or more inches of snow. TDOT and NCDOT showed the roads were treacherous and traveling was not advised. I waited until 11:30 to start and with little trouble we arrived in Columbia, SC.

The remainder of the trip went off without a hitch and we were able to check out the beach and the expo. At last some good fortune.

Saturday morning it was cold, windy and raining. Thank goodness it stopped prior to the start of the race.

All things considered I had a very good first half. My Garmin time was 1:44.10., nearly a minute under my goal. 

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I didn't sleep good last night. I was up at 1, 3 and up for good at 6:30. I also feel like I'm catching a cold. I will be very glad when and if I make it to race day. In all the racing I've done I've never been more stressed out over an upcoming race. It's not so much how I do in the race, but just getting there healthy.
General strength - crunches, clams and push ups x 15 each.

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Taper week for the MB half. 
Morning - push ups, clams and crunches.
Noon session - dflex, core, 3 miles easy, 6 x 100 strides and stretch. Push ups and pull ups 2 x 6.

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Evening session - dflex, core, drills, 2 up, 8 x 400, 2 down and stretch.

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Evening session - dflex, core, 4 miles easy and 4 x 100m strides.
Pull ups 3 x 5

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I woke up early around 4. I was able to nap a little before getting up to start my day. This morning I did some recovery work; the stick for my calves and the tennis ball for my feet.
I think I'll be running in the rain today.
Evening session - dflex, core, drills, 2 up, 3 x 1 mile (average 6:59 better than last month's 7:05), 2 down and stretch. Mile repeats are the hardest workout I do. I am happy that I didn't have any serious breathing issues. I did have to stop for a few seconds on the second mile. I think I went out too hard.

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This is my 2 week count down for the MB half. Training is going good and my body is holding up better than expected.
Noon session - dflex, core, 4 miles easy, 6 x 100m strides and stretch.
Pull ups 2 x 5.

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Morning run - dflex, core, 13 miles and stretch. This was my longest run ever and my legs did hurt.

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I was supposed to meet up with KE this morning at 8, but it was too damn cold. Late morning session - dflex, core, drills, 8 x 200m hills and stretch.
I discovered a very sore spot / area on my right calf. I did have massage therapy and this issue was addressed.