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gifts of the magi

Noah’s mom sent me birthday presents.

haven’t been tracking.

3.42 in 36:19. 5.65 average. it was 5.85 ave for 3 miles then I almost puked on a neighbours lawn
and decided to slow down. I want to hit 6 mph by the end of May on 3 mile runs.

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noisy neighbours

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3.19 miles in 33:57. average: 5.67

at 1.35 miles in I stood still for a couple of minutes before hitting pause. then I stood there for half an hour waiting for the police to show up and intervene in the domestic dispute that was happening. I couldn’t just run by like it wasn’t my problem. I couldn’t.

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as usual

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5.8 miles in 1:12:34. average: 4.85. I think it should matter that I waited at seven stoplights for about a minute each. I don’t know what it counts for, but something.

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good run.

running

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I think the long runs are starting to impact my endurance. today I did three miles in 33:32. that’s pretty good. just about 5.5 mph woo!

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that was a nice long run.

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10.46 miles in 2:13. ave: 4.77 mph

for every other run in Fremont I have stayed on the flat side. but I live near the bottom of a noticeable hill (ok not Santa Cruz mts noticeable) but way the heck more than I have been doing. I maintained 4.99 mph as my average for the first 5 miles then I started getting tired.

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birthdays are weird

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14 years ago my brother walked behind the local supermarket and lit himself on fire. today is his birthday, he would be 35. I’m not sure how to feel about that.

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getting faster.

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5 miles in 59:45. 5.15 mph ave. I'm to the point where I can run half a mile before walking. I ran the whole last half mile just to be sure.

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This week I will run (with walking!) 20 miles. Next week I have to get through 22. The week after that, 24. I come back down for a few weeks around the half marathon. I have seven months between the half and the full marathons. I'm thinking about spending April working on other parts of running… like trail running and hills and such. I talked to a guy in passing who said that Long Beach Marathon actually has one un-fun hill in it. It may be the flattest full marathon… but that doesn't mean it is completely flat. I'm getting to the point where I am actually enjoying running. I didn't believe I would feel this way. I thought it would be a slog forever. I thought I was just doing this to be stubborn.

I have very little history with being fit. I feel like I should figure out how to make this work in a larger way. Just running through flat Fremont isn't going to give me all that I want. I will need hills. Ew. All of a sudden I saw a glimmer of understanding why someone would do an Ultra Marathon. I don't have that as a goal. I will do one marathon and only maybe ever run again. Or maybe I'll make Noah do half marathons with me. Who knows. Life is long.

I have a different feeling in my body these days. I understand why they recommend running for stress reduction. I'm forking tired. Unfortunately that is kind of a double edged sword because any amount of me being gone right now significantly increases Calli's subsequent clinginess. Running for an hour makes her quite sad. This phase will end.