I was just getting over a bit of a cold going into Ragnar last week. I ran too hard there, I guess, because my cold turned into a sinus infection. I think it was not sleeping at all and running 10 miles at 3:30am at about a 90% effort.So, I fell short of my goal (by half) this week. I'd like to call...

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Haley flew to Boise this week. My brother, McKay, got home from his 2-year mission in the Philippines. Haley and I drove back Friday morning to run Ragnar. I ran a hodge-podge of legs. Mon: 4Tues: 6 + 3.3Wed: 3 + 10.75Thurs: 3Fri: 4.75Sat: 10 + 3.2 + 7.15WEEKLY TOTALS55 miles; 5,1...

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Last summer I felt like I trained pretty hard. I didn't keep a training log, but I usually ran with a GPS watch. My watch stores all the runs I take it on. So, I have an incomplete training log from last summer. My biggest week, of watch-carrying runs, was 49.86 miles, 10 weeks before my 100-miler. This week I beat that number by 2 miles with 14 weeks until the Bear 100.50 miles in a week is...

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A lot happened this week. I got sick. Then I got engaged. Then I got tired running for 4 hours on Saturday.I got sick: Didn't run on Monday and Tuesday.I got engaged: Proposed to Haley. You can read all about it on her blog. So excited.I got tired: Ran four 6-mile laps on the Polecat trail, at a decent...

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