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Nah. Let the pain make your mind release endorphins and such and don't think about the pain until the morning after

Actually, Its not quite that simple once you get out past 30 miles!

Generally 1 to 3 hours on weekdays, and then some long runs on the weekend of up to 6 hours or so.

Na, you won't die. You just have to slow down and keep moving forward. The more you run, the better condition you get in.

Do runners actually hit 'the wall' or should I stop watching television?

There is such a thing as "the wall" but the people reporting on TV generally don't quite understand it. They don't quite yet understand than there is more to it than just the training. If you slow your pace and continue to replace calories, keep your electrolytes, and remain hydrated then you can litterally train to run and run and run. Right now the record for the longest continuous run is 350 miles in a little over 80 hours. The guy actually fell asleep while running and continued to move!

RACE RESULTS
2007
5K: Jim King Memorial: 25:30 (63rd)
5k: Riverfest Run: 24:22 (45th)
5k: Albany Valley: 23:06 (7th) (2nd in age group)
5k: Ann Marie Kraus: 22:40 (3rd overall)
5k: BCMSA Turkey Trot: 21:08 (13th overall)

2008
5k: Jim King Memorial: 20:41 (19th overall, 3rd in age group)

2009
Finger Lakes Fifties DNF at 25k after 3:11

TOTAL ANNUAL MILES
2007: 800
2008: 1551

2009 TRAINING CHART

WEEK 1
Jan 1 - Jan 3
Thur: 7
Fri: 8
Sat: 1
TOTAL: 16

WEEK 2
Jan 4 - Jan 10
Sun: 9
Mon: 9
Tue: 7
Wed: 1
Thur: 3
Fri: 5
Sat: 6
TOTAL: 40

WEEK 3
Jan 11 - Jan 17
Sun: 1 (snow)
Mon: 10
Tue: 10
Wed: 10
Thur: 10
Fri: 3 (-20 windchill)
Sat: 6
TOTAL: 50

WEEK 4
Jan 18 - Jan 24
Sun: 11 (on snow)
Mon: 11
Tue: 8
Wed: 11
Thur: 5
Fri: 4
Sat: 10
TOTAL: 60

WEEK 5
Jan 25 - Jan 31
Sun: 4
Mon: 6
Tue: 4
Wed: 6
Thur: 1 (sick)
Fri: 6
Sat: 1
TOTAL: 28

WEEK 6
Feb 1 - Feb 7
Sun: 3
Mon: 13
Tue: 2
Wed: 13
Thur: 13
Fri: 13
Sat: 13
TOTAL: 70

WEEK 7
Feb 8 - Feb 14
Sun: 5
Mon: 5
Tue: 14
Wed: 14
Thur: 1
Fri: 1
Sat: 1
TOTAL: 41

WEEK 8
Feb 15 - Feb 21
Sun: 15
Mon: 1
Tue: 10
Wed: injury
Thur: injury
Fri: injury
Sat: 2
TOTAL: 28

WEEK 9
Feb 22 - Feb 28
Sun: 10
Mon: injury
Tue: injury
Wed: injury
Thur: injury
Fri: injury
Sat: injury
TOTAL: 10

WEEK 10
Mar 1 - Mar 7
Sun: 3
Mon: 4
Tue: injury
Wed: injury
Thur: injury
Fri: injury
Sat: injury
TOTAL: 7

WEEK 11
Mar 8 - Mar 14
Sun: injury
Mon: 1
Tue: 2
Wed: 3
Thur: 4
Fri: rest
Sat: 4 + 1 barefoot
TOTAL: 15

WEEK 12
Mar 15 - Mar 21
Sun: 5 + 1 barefoot
Mon: 5 + 1 barefoot
Tue: 1 barefoot
Wed: rest
Thur: 1 barefoot
Fri: rest
Sat: am: 1 noon: 1 pm: 1 barefoot
TOTAL: 17

WEEK 12
Mar 22 - Mar 28
Sun: am: 1 pm: 2
Mon: 2
Tue: 4
Wed: sick
Thur: sick
Fri: sick
Sat: sick
TOTAL: 9

WEEK 13
Mar 29 - Apr 4
Sun: sick
Mon: sick
Tue: sick
Wed: sick
Thur: sick
Fri: sick
Sat: sick
TOTAL: 0

WEEK 14
Apr 5 - Apr 11
Sun: 9 (Waverly Glen)
Mon: 5 (Levee)
Tue: 5 (Round Top)
Wed: 7 (Round Top)
Thur: 11 (Round Top)
Fri: rain
Sat: 8 (Round Top)
TOTAL: 45

WEEK 15
Apr 12 - Apr 18
Sun: am: 7 pm: 7 (Round Top)
Mon: 14 (Round Top)
Tue: rest
Wed: 17 (Round Top)
Thur: rest
Fri: 7 (Round Top)
Sat: 28
TOTAL: 80

WEEK 16
Apr 19 - Apr 25
Sun: rest
Mon: rain
Tue: back injury
Wed: 7 (Round Top)
Thur: 7 (Waverly Glen)
Fri: 7 (Round Top)
Sat: 20 (Loyalsock Trail)
TOTAL: 41

WEEK 17
Apr 26 - May 2
Sun: rest
Mon: 7 (Round Top) (95 degrees)
Tue: 7 (Round Top)
Wed: 14 (Round Top)
Thur: 7 (Round Top)
Fri: 7 (Round Top)
Sat: rest
TOTAL: 42

WEEK 18
May 3 - May 9
Sun: am: 4 (track) pm: 10
Mon: 10
Tue: 7
Wed: 21
Thur: 7
Fri: am: 10 pm: 3 (track - in 18:35)
Sat: rest
TOTAL: 72

WEEK 19
May 10 - May 16
Sun: rest
Mon: 14
Tue: 7
Wed: 5
Thur: rain
Fri: 5
Sat: 10
TOTAL: 41

WEEK 20
May 17 - May 23
Sun: 7
Mon: am: 3 pm: 5
Tue: am: 14 (in VFF's) pm: 4
Wed: am: 8
Thur: rest
Fri: 4
Sat: rest
TOTAL: 45

WEEK 21
May 24 - May 30
Sun: 30
Mon: rest
Tue: rain
Wed: mud
Thur: 4
Fri: blah
Sat: 3 (track in VFF's)
TOTAL: 37

WEEK 22
May 31 - June 6
Sun: am: 2 pm: 4
Mon: 7
Tue: 4
Wed: 4
Thur: 7
Fri: rest
Sat: am: 8 (track) am2: 4 (trail) pm:
TOTAL: 40

WEEK 23
June 7 - June 13
Sun: rest
Mon: 14
Tue: 7
Wed: 10
Thur: rain
Fri: rest
Sat: 4
TOTAL: 42

WEEK 24
June 14 - June 20
Sun: am: 20 pm: 4
Mon: rest
Tue: 3
Wed: rain
Thur: 1.5 (track) (cut short by rain)
Fri: 3 (track (1 mile warm up, eight 400m repeats)
Sat: 3 (track (1 mile warm up, four 400m repeats, 1 mile cool down)
TOTAL: 34.5

WEEK 25
June 21 - June 27
Sun: rest
Mon: 2 (track - 600m repeats)
Tue: rest
Wed: 2 (track - 400m repeats)
Thur: 2 (road, after dark)
Fri: 3 (road) + 2 (track)
Sat: 2 (track)
TOTAL: 13

WEEK 26
June 28 - July 4
Sun: am: 1 (track)
Mon: 3 (2 warm up + 4 quarters at 65sec pace)
Tue: rest
Wed: 5
Thur: rest
Fri: rest
Sat: 16
TOTAL: 25


I DNFed today. I'll give you the whole story in a little bit.

Its okay. I'm not upset. Distance wasn't a factor. There were some circumstances that i'll tell you about in a little bit, some pretty big x factors that made things tough and I didn't have the guts to continue.