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I am still training and working on an average of ten miles a run. I do not have anything scheduled, but cannot seem to slow down or stop. Maybe I feel like this is a good base to have when I am ready for my next race. So, several of my friends and members ofContinue reading “Still training”

Well, I ran the 50k last Saturday. I was not sure what to do next, so I took a couple days off and hit it again. Thursday is my normal running day. Woke up feeling pretty good so ran 7.5 miles in the morning followed by a lap in the evening with the second oldest.Continue reading “One Week Past”

I have been training to run an ultra since January, but was not sure which race I would run. Well, I ended up signing up for the Walking Talk 50k back in April 2020. There are many reason that I chose this race. First, it is only a 3 hour drive from Nashville. Originally, IContinue reading “Less than a week”

My last post was Labor Day after my longest run of the year. Since that time I have run 22.75 miles last Saturday and 20 miles yesterday. I was disappointed in the amount of time I walked, but I was happy that I finished. In between those runs I have had some faster 10 mileContinue reading “It has been to long”

Well, it worked out due to other family activities that my long run fell on Labor Day. I needed to run 26 miles, so I decided to add a little extra and run a marathon. Maybe hike a marathon as you will see later. I chose Chickasaw Trace in Columbia, Tennessee for a number ofContinue reading “Labor Day Long Run”

It is hard to believe I have run 10 times since the last blog post. This past Saturday was my third twenty mile run of the year. I opted to run with the Franklin Road Runners at the course behind the Brentwood Library. The course took us to Smith Park, about 5 miles and back.Continue reading “Catching Up”

I thought it would be fun to share my finisher medals. I have always enjoyed seeing the different medals and swag from various road and trail races along with the different distances. I have run in several 5k races, but I only have one medal from finishing. Crazy to think I received awards for twoContinue reading “Finisher Medals”

The weekend started on Friday morning for me. We were taking our daughter college on Saturday, so I moved some things around so my long run could be on Friday. I was either going to run at Percy Warner Park in Nashville or Chickasaw Park in Columbia. The weather forecast showed a 70 percent chanceContinue reading “3 days and almost 26.2”

Well, I was able to wake up early Saturday morning and join the Franklin Road Runners. So at 6am about 15 of us started out at Pinkerton Park ran through downtown Franklin to the parks behind the Rec Center to a neighborhood and back. Well, three of us decided to do the longer route andContinue reading “Weekend Running”