http://daniel.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Plodding Through Another Marathon en Vox Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:23:59 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/seafair-marathon-2008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/seafair-marathon-2008.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/seafair-marathon-2008.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:23:59 -0700 It's been a couple of days since I finished the marathon. I needed a couple of days to remember what happened on Sunday. The entire day just blurred together for me. We got up early. I was up by 3:45. Absent mindedly I put my oat meal into anothe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/seafair-marathon-2008.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa9684dcf30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tnt marathon http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---1.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---1.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:06:47 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c288df21900fad694d52c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c288df21900fad694d52c0005-50si" alt="**Rocky Balboa - Training Montage**" /></a> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c288df21900fad695b7ea0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251c288df21900fad695b7ea0004-50si" alt="Rocky Balboa - Final Round" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's almost time. I was struggling to come up with words to describe how I feel at this moment. The last marathon I was oncall right up until the day before. I was stressed out about the high severity ticket that had come in Thursday. I handed it ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa968342470003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tnt marathon http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---2-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---2-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---2-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:15:03 -0700 The last five days have been gone by quickly. I've spent the last week or so making sure that I've gotten lots of water and V8 (Jim's suggestion). This has been a good training season for me. I feel a little nervous but I'm much calmer than I was ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---2-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fad69585dc0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tnt marathon http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---7-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---7-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---7-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:17:47 -0700 Seven days until the marathon. We've been tapering for the last two weeks after the 20 miler. The previous weekend was spent on Tiger mountain running 12 miles. Yesterday was our last team practice as we ran 8 miles around the Greenlake area. Th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---7-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fad692f7cc0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-15-the-long-run.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-15-the-long-run.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-15-the-long-run.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:11:51 -0700 This was it. After about 4 months of training, we hit the Snoqualmie Valley River Trail for our 20 miler. This is the longest training run of our season. The weather was not going to cooperate as it dropped a ton on rain on us. Fortunately the tr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-15-the-long-run.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa967cf8af0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---24.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---24.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---24.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:09:15 -0700 If my calculations are correct, we have 24 days till race day. Time has definitely flow by this weekend. Last weekend, we made a trip back to Preston, site of the infamous Snow Day run. How would the warmer weather and the improved fitness feel? ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/t---24.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa967c509f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-13.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-13.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-13.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 May 2008 22:19:38 -0700 It's week 13 already. Time has passed by so quickly this season. It seemed like I only started training. This is the 1st of the long runs we'll be doing on the Snoqualmie Valley River Trail. This week was an 18 miler. In two weeks we do a 20 miler... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-13.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa96793da60003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-12-one-hot-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-12-one-hot-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-12-one-hot-day.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 May 2008 21:43:38 -0700 Week 12 was out on the Sammamish River Trail. It was a flat paved asphalt path. A little change up from the dirt trails we've been running the last couple of weeks. I've run on the trail lots of times over the last couple of years (I ran my 1st ha... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-12-one-hot-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fa967717cb0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-11.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-11.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-11.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 May 2008 21:24:51 -0700 Week 11 was at Lake Youngs. The plan was to do the 9 mile loop around Lake Youngs and then a 7 mile out and back for 16 miles. As my body has started getting stronger, I find myself starting too strongly. Having run with my team mates for the las... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-11.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900fad688a8ca0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-10-half-way-point.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Daniel) http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-10-half-way-point.html?_c=feed-rss http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-10-half-way-point.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 May 2008 21:16:53 -0700 Week 10 marks roughly the half way point to the marathon. Counting week 11, we have about 2 months left before the marathon. This week's long run was a the Redmond watershed. It would consist of 3 loops and a little extra loop for a total of 15 m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daniel.vox.com/library/post/week-10-half-way-point.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c288df21900f48cf4f1590002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running tnt