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I’m taking a couple of rest days because of my calves, but it’s going to be really hard to do. My 20-miler is looming, and the thought of not running…

Yesterday I went for a 5-miler and it took almost that many miles for my calf muscles to loosen up. I had to shorten my stride and my calves hurt…

I’m sort of blocking the view of Mount Rainier. Oops. Jill showing off our Mount Rainier view a little better. I got my long run done early last week. But getting…

Mid-week long runs are important. I guess. I normally do them on Tuesdays, or if Tuesdays don’t work, Thursdays. Since Tuesday was our anniversary, I skipped my treadmill 9-miler, planning,…

DAY 287Believe it or not, but I actually felt like going for a run on Monday. That’s how good I felt the day after 18 miles. But we had a play…

I’m so lame. I completely forgot to post my stats from AJ II about my 18-miler in the recap (which is right here, if you missed it). The interesting thing…

My commute is about 17 miles. I could’ve run to work today. I ran 18. (I guess I’m not sure how I would’ve gotten home from work, but that is…

You know how nervous I was about 18 miles on Sunday morning? So nervous that in my last post (Saturday night), I completely forgot about my 9.5-mile treadmill run on…

All I can think about is 18 miles tomorrow. Don’t ask me what I did Thursday (283) because I can’t remember. I think…nothing. Yep, nothing. Now, Day 284. I gathered up…

After consuming way too many calories on Tuesday (all because that big software company in Redmond that starts with an M — yes, I will continue to blame them unless I…