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2016 Week 04 Training B-Log

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 30, 2016
Posted in: Training B-Log.

This was a pretty good week.  I lost another 2.5 pounds (total of 8 pounds since January 1st).  I also finally got my new office at work.  I have been a nomad of office spaces for the last four months.  It was worth it.

As of the end of this week, I will be a month out from the New Orleans Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon.

Monday (1/25):  I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 8:51

Tuesday (1/26):  No workout

Wednesday (1/27): I ran 4.2 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 am.  We averaged a 9:30 pace.

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Thursday (1/28): No workout

Friday (1/29): No workout

Saturday (1/30): On Saturday, we had a men brigade of Dan, Mike, John, Sherman and myself.

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We ran 12 miles in downtown Charleston.  It started out chilly at 34 degrees but filled out nicely to the low 50s.  We averaged a 9:59 pace.  We passed our running buddy Renee several times, she was killing 14 miles in her marathon training.

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It was a beautiful morning in Charleston.

2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage:  21.31 Miles
Remaining to Goal:  918.52 Miles

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting me in my 50 By 50 Challenge with a donation in my GoFundMe account.  Simply click on the logo below.

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Race 13.1 & RaceRaves Offer

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 25, 2016
Posted in: Raffle. Tagged: , , , , , , .
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Happy 2016!  Who wants a free Race 13.1 registration?  If you are a former Race 13.1 race participant, we are looking for your reviews on RaceRaves.com.
Every Race 13.1 review posted on RaceRaves between now and Jan 31 doubles as an entry into a random giveaway, with the winner receiving a free entry to any 2016 Race 13.1 event, and runners-up receiving a $50 gift certificate to Running Warehouse or a $25 credit to INKnBURN. Not a bad deal, and far better odds than Powerball!
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We’re psyched to get the word out and help Race 13.1 collect some rave reviews. Here is a link to Race 13.1’s Facebook post and the promo page on RaceRaves: http://raceraves.com/race-131-rave-to-win/
So, if you have run a Race 13.1 event in the past (no matter the location), go to RaceRaves now, register, and offer up a review of the race, and get entered to win another race registration or other offers.  Do it quickly as this offer ends January 31st!

2016 Week 03 Training B-Log

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 23, 2016
Posted in: Training B-Log.

Well it was a really cold week in Charleston.  Because of this, I was sick with a cold most of the week.  I missed my long run this week, but did get some work in on Saturday.  As of the end of this training week, I will be five weeks out from the New Orleans Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon.

Monday (1/18):  No workout

Tuesday (1/19):  I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 8:55

Wednesday (1/20): I ran 4.25 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 am.  It was cold!  My Garmin said it was 30 degrees; however, the local weather stated that it was 24 degrees.  We averaged a 9:17 pace.

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Thursday (1/21): No workout

Friday (1/22): No workout

Saturday (1/23): Because I was sick we did not do a long run today, so I walked 6 miles on the treadmill at the house while we got a small snow dusting outside.  Glad we decided not to run today.

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But I had great support on the treadmill from Jack who is on the bar stool, and Olaf looking out the window at the snow.

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2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage:  18.10 Miles
Remaining to Goal:  939.83 Miles

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The Force was Strong on Star Wars Half Marathon Week!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 18, 2016
Posted in: Disney, ReBlog, Running. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Check out my friend Greg’s review of the Star Wars Half Marathon – The Light Side!

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The 2016 Star Wars Half Marathon Week has now come and gone. It was another magical runDisney race week that left me with three more medals and a ton of fun memories along the way. Before I get into all the details of the race weekend, let’s first look at how the workouts/running went in the week first.

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Since this was a race week, I decided to keep the pace for my mid-week runs slower than usual. On Tuesday, I went with run/walk intervals of run 30 seconds, walk 60 seconds for miles 1 and 3. Then, in mile 2, I switched to run 30 seconds, walk 90 seconds. It was cold outside for this run. All I really wanted with this run was to finish it in under 36 minutes. On top of being a little tired to start this run, I knew I was running with shoes that…

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Product Review: Native Sunglasses

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 18, 2016
Posted in: Product Review. Tagged: , , , , , .

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Let me start by saying that I have been using Native Eyewear Sunglasses since 2012.  I have been really pleased with these glasses. I have used the Enduro sunglasses.  Most of their eyewear has the capability to swap out lens based on the situation.  Each pair usually comes with a low light set of lens as well.  As a runner I love the Native sunglasses because of two reasons.  First, they have vents in the frames so the lens do not fog up in the various temperature changes. Second, all of their lens are polarized, so while running, you do not loose your field of vision in various light changes.

That being said, this review is more about their customer service.  Native Eyewear has a lifetime warranty on their sunglasses.  Well in December 2015 I broke my sunglasses.  Now my wife also has Native sunglasses, and decided to call them on their lifetime warranty and see if they were willing to repair/replace my sunglasses, thinking we probably wouldn’t have any luck since they were 3.5 years old.

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Well to our amazement, they came through.  They had us mail in my broken sunglasses, and once they received them, they would contact us with our options.  They notified us a few days (yes days, not weeks or months) later.  They told us that unfortunately my model was no longer available, but I could go on their website, choose whatever model I would like and they would drop them in the mail to us.  They recommended we go to a local store and try them on as well, to make sure I was satisfied.  After doing this last weekend, we called them on Tuesday, and I had my new sunglasses yesterday.  They just charged us a $30 processing fee.  For sunglasses that cost around $150, that is a respectable charge to get a brand new pair of sunglasses.  Everyone we dealt with during the process was extremely helpful and positive, which was very refreshing.

I chose the Gunmetal Grey frames with Silver Reflex Lens.  This is a similar frame color and lens type that I previously had.

Here is our selfie from our run on Saturday trying out the new Native Hardtop Ultras.

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If you are looking for great sunglasses for running, with a company that stands behind their customer support, I highly recommend Native Eyewear.  Native Eyewear did not give me anything in release to this product review, this is my own experiences and perspective.

2016 Week 2 Training B-Log

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 16, 2016
Posted in: Training B-Log.

It was back to a normal running week for me.  It was nice to get back in the groove again.  As of the end of this training week, I will be six weeks out from the New Orleans Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon.

Monday (1/11):  No workout

Tuesday (1/12):  I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the Wellness Center.  Pace average: 9:05

Wednesday (1/13): I ran 4.25 miles with my MUSC running group at 5:30 am.  It was good to get back together with everyone after missing last week.  We averaged a 9:21 pace.

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Thursday (1/14): No workout

Friday (1/15): No workout

Saturday (1/16): Dan and I ran this morning.  We met in Mt. Pleasant and ran to the islands of Sullivans Island and Isle of Palms for 11 miles.  We averaged a 9:30 pace.  It was a nice morning at 50 degrees.  It was a quiet route this morning since the Charleston Marathon & Half Marathon was going on today.

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Here are some awesome shots from Breech Inlet with the sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean.

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2016 Yearly Running Goal: 1000 Miles
Weekly Mileage:  20.27 Miles
Remaining to Goal:  957.93 Miles

If you haven’t done so, please consider supporting me in my 50 By 50 Challenge with a donation in my GoFundMe account.  Simply click on the logo below.

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