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2015 Year In Review

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 31, 2015
Posted in: Year in Review.

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2015 brings about another year of (almost) injury free running (you will see why on this week’s recap).  After the past three years starting out with the Walt Disney World Marathon, I decided to pass on the race weekend this year.  Primarily because the Disney races have got so expensive, but also, because I wanted to focus on races toward my Fifty States Half Marathon goal.

I started the year out running a local half marathon with friends Rachel and Aaron in February.  The race was the Save the Light Half Marathon on Folly Beach, SC.  It was a great race, as it got me my second best time in a half marathon at 1:48.

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After this race, I began some mega training to prepare for back to back half marathons in a weekend in May.  It started with a long drive up to Indianapolis & Cincinnati.  The weekend started on Saturday with the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon in Indianapolis, IN.  It was a great race in that we got to run on the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  This was my 9th State toward my 50 States goal.  The race time was 1:54:58.

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After the Indianapolis race, we traveled to Cincinnati, OH to run the Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon on Sunday.  This race was my 10th state, with a time of 1:56:06.  This was my first attempt at running to half marathons hard in back to back days, and was quite successful; however, was quite tired and wore out after this weekend.

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2015 Week 52 Training Blog

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 27, 2015
Posted in: Training B-Log.

It is Christmas week, so let me wish you a belated Merry Christmas!  I hope you had a safe and happy Christmas with your family!

Monday (12/21):  Monday was a weird workout day.  When I got to the office, I could not find my bathroom bag anywhere (later in the day to realize I left it at my second office), so I just decided to go for a walk for my lunch.  I did a 2.6 mile walk.

Tuesday (12/22):  I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 9:09

Wednesday (12/23): I ran with my morning MUSC run group at 5:30a.  We ran 4.3 miles   Pace average: 9:52

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Thursday (12/24): No workout

Friday (12/25): No workout

Saturday (12/26): On Saturday Dan and I met up in Mount Pleasant and ran to the islands (Sullivan’s Island) and back.  It was a vastly different day than the cold morning (36 degrees) we had last week.  This week it was 70 degrees, 100% humidity and extremely foggy.  We averaged a 10:00 pace, with walk breaks at ever mile.

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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 20.06 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 112.81 Miles

2015 Week 51 Training B-Log

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 19, 2015
Posted in: Training B-Log.

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It is a great week for running geeks like me.  It is STAR WARS VII Week!!!!  Unfortunately, I don’t do crowded theaters, so I am going to wait a few weeks before going to see the movie, so NO SPOILERS!!!

So here is what I tackled this week.

Monday (12/14):  No workout

Tuesday (12/15):  I ran 4 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 8:56

Wednesday (12/16): I ran with my morning MUSC run group at 5:30a.  We ran 4 miles to the South Carolina Aquarium and back.  I had a new friend join or group and he kinda feel a little behind the group so I backed up to run with him, so my pace was a little slower than normal, but it was worth it for the motivation & encouragement.  Pace average: 10:12

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Thursday (12/17): No workout

Friday (12/18): It was physical day.  So before I headed to the doctor’s office, I walked 3 miles on the treadmill at the house.

Saturday (12/19): On Saturday Renee and I met up in Mount Pleasant and ran to the islands (Sullivan’s Island & Isle of Palms) and back.  It was a cold morning at 36 degrees.  Renee pushed me this morning.  We averaged a 9:17 pace, with walk breaks at ever 2 miles.  She is really doing great in her training.  Glad someone is, as I have a few aches and pains these days.

 

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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 21.06 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 141.99 Miles

2015 Week 50 Training B-Log

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 12, 2015
Posted in: Training B-Log.

After the Space Coast Half Marathon, I was a little tired and burnt out, so I took a week off.  Part of that was at Walt Disney World, so I did get my exercise.  Well, I have faced the fact that I am not going to make my 1100 mile goal, which is alright.  I should still make 1000+ miles which would still be my busiest year since starting to run in 2010.

So here is what I tackled this week.

Monday (12/7):  I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 9:00

Tuesday (12/8):  No workout

Wednesday (12/9): I ran with my morning MUSC run group at 5:30a.  We ran 4.5 miles around downtown Charleston at a 8:50 pace.

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Thursday (12/10): No workout

Friday (12/11): I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 9:16

Saturday (12/12): On Saturday many in our group were running the Kiawah Island Half Marathon, so our group was small.  I met E-Mack & Weston downtown to run 8 miles.  I have to admit I was proud of myself as I plotted out an awesome course.  There was lots of Christmas decorations to see and it was excited.  Then it hit us, the Reindeer Run 5k was downtown today!  Whoops!  We made a few deviations and had a great run.  According to Garmin it was a slow run at a 10:27 pace, but it felt faster, but it was enjoyable.

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Here we are near the Pineapple Fountain.

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2015 Yearly Running Goal: 1100 Miles
Weekly Mileage: 21.64 Miles
Remaining to Goal: 163.04 Miles

RunDisney 2016 Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon Medals Revealed

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 5, 2015
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Yesterday, RunDisney presented the much anticipated medals for the Inaugural 2016 Star Wars Dark Side Race Weekend medals for the April races at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Can you feel the power of the force? That’s because these are the medals you‘ve been looking for. The 2016 Star Wars™ Half Marathon – The Dark Side finisher medals have just been released.

All of them are pretty exciting; however, the half marathon medal is a little disappointing.  Granted we cannot see the other side of the spinner, but it is a little bland for such a much anticipated event.  It will make it all better if Darth Vader is on the other side.

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No matter the case of the medal, I am so excited to run the Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon in April 2016.

There is still time to ensure you take one home for yourself. Limited space is available for the half marathon race on April 17th. Secure your spot in this inaugural 13.1 mile thrilling race through the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida. Click the link above to join us.

 

 

 

 

2015 Space Coast Half Marathon & Milky Way Challenge Recap

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 5, 2015
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2015 Space Coast Half Medal
On Sunday, November 29, 2015, I ran the Space Coast Half Marathon in Cocoa Village, Florida for the third time in as many years.  This was my third of five years running this race for the Big Bang Series.  The Big Bang Series, is a five year plan, in which they will offer a finisher medal of one of the space shuttles each year, with a three year Milky Way Challenge medal, and a five year Intergalactic Challenge medal if you complete all five years.

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The previous two year medals were for Space Shuttles Columbia & Challenger.

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This year, the medal recognized the Space Shuttle Discovery.  Discovery was NASA’s third shuttle orbiter to launch in August 30, 1984.  It flew 39 missions, and is best known for carrying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit on STS-31 in April 1990.  Discovery made 5,830 Earth Orbits, 148 million miles, and spent a total of 365 days in space (1 year).

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