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Running In Oz: My Garmin ate my homework, er, training run
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008. My Garmin ate my homework, er, training run. I haven’t trotted out the-dog-ate-my-homework excuse since, oh, about the fifth grade. While it didn’t work so well with Ms. Chase – she sure was a great teacher, but she didn’t put up with any nonsense – I am forced to try again. You gotta believe me. I did the work, but it just disappeared. Yes, yesterday I put in my miles. Seven of them. Really. 8211; I plugged in my Forerunner 205 into my PC. It was like my seven miles in 1 hour a...
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Running In Oz: 07/01/2008 - 08/01/2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008. Of course I'm a little crazy. I'm a runner. Hi everybody. I’m Oz Runner. 8220;Hello, Oz,” they reply. I’m a Garmin-o-holic. 8220;That’s OK. We know what you are going through. We are here for you. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.”. Um, it’s not really a problem. As long as my Garmin works. I love this guy, in a manly, recognizing it is – mostly – an inanimate object sort of way. It just seems like he really gets me. Sure, I try to be casual at the end of the run an...
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Running In Oz: A runner's recovery week
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Thursday, August 07, 2008. A runner's recovery week. What a beautiful morning for a run. I sure do love cutback weeks. The training schedule seems to have this build-you-up, slap-you-down rhythm to it. Last week I missed a run – my stomach was churning through the night and I just didn’t hit the streets last Thursday – but still put in a respectable distance. Plus, last Saturday I did 16 miles in the blazing heat. By Monday I was feeling a bit as if I had been hit by a bus. View my complete profile.
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Running In Oz: 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008
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Sunday, June 08, 2008. Overconfidence is bad, bad, bad. We are big fans of the checklist here in the house of Oz. I used to scoff at such things, but I’ve definitely come around. I’ve got the grocery checklist to guide the weekly purchase of peanut butter, Eggoes and other assorted staples. I don’t have a race-day checklist, but maybe that needs to change. If I had one before leaving the house for Saturday’s Hospital Hill Half Marathon. I lined up at the start with the 1:50 pace group. At this point,...
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Running In Oz: 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Mystery runner race report. She appeared out of nowhere and started asking me questions. 8220;How fast are you going to run it? I had been noodling over some possible times to shoot for, but I hadn’t dared write them down or even say them out loud. Then it would become an actual goal. A marker to measure my success – or failure. 8220;A lot under 40? 8221; she asked, but peppering me with “Are you going to go out too fast in the first mile? Then, just before the gun went off, she wa...
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Running In Oz: Of course I'm a little crazy. I'm a runner
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Thursday, July 24, 2008. Of course I'm a little crazy. I'm a runner. Hi everybody. I’m Oz Runner. 8220;Hello, Oz,” they reply. I’m a Garmin-o-holic. 8220;That’s OK. We know what you are going through. We are here for you. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.”. Um, it’s not really a problem. As long as my Garmin works. I love this guy, in a manly, recognizing it is – mostly – an inanimate object sort of way. It just seems like he really gets me. Sure, I try to be casual at the end of the run an...
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Running In Oz: 09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008
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Monday, September 01, 2008. More mind games for marathoners. Something is different this year. . I blew off a race today. . The Labor Day 5K in Leawood drew me to the starting line each of the past couple of years. It’s a flat and fast course. Last year I PR’d. . I have been thinking about the race, and even encouraging others to partake. But this morning, I laced up the Mizunos and headed out. For a semi-long run. . All of my running focus at the moment is on Oct. 18. The. I know I should weave in some ...
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Running In Oz: 04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008. 8220;Get up. It’s time to run.”. What are you talking about? I am still basking in the glow of accomplishing a PR in the race on Sunday. 8220;That was two days ago. What are you going to do for me today? Who are you anyway? 8220;I am the training schedule and I must be obeyed.”. OK So what did you have in mind this morning? A 3-mile leg stretcher? You have to be joking. 8 miles? 8220;I am the training schedule. And I don’t joke.”. Dude, you need to lighten up. So last night I did...
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Running In Oz: 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008. Two weeks later I look down at the medal they draped around my neck after I crossed the finish line and I still smile. I'm a marathoner. I've got the bling. Two years ago I started a marathon, but did not finish. Believe me, the sting of a DNF. After running 19 miles lingers for a long time. A few injuries and tweaks here and there this time around, but for the most part I kept the wheels on the wagon. When race day for the Kansas City Marathon. As for many other areas of my l...
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Running In Oz: 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008
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Thursday, August 07, 2008. A runner's recovery week. What a beautiful morning for a run. I sure do love cutback weeks. The training schedule seems to have this build-you-up, slap-you-down rhythm to it. Last week I missed a run – my stomach was churning through the night and I just didn’t hit the streets last Thursday – but still put in a respectable distance. Plus, last Saturday I did 16 miles in the blazing heat. By Monday I was feeling a bit as if I had been hit by a bus. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).