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Goose -	00:00:00	Height: 6-00

Will try to run in the morning with the VI crew. I'm not too hopeful.

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Running - Long 6:30am	10 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Adrenaline GTS 16 Bluebird #2 0 miles on shoe

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Running - Aerobic Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, Fla 7:15am Weather: 55 degrees	6.5 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: New Balance Fresh Foam 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 3 Weight: 181

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Running - Long Zorinsky 6:00am	15 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Adrnln 2016-11 0 miles on shoe

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Running - Leg Speed 9 x 30	10 miles 01:24:15 (8:25 min/mile)	Shoe: NB XC 900 v2-1 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10

w/u
4 striders
9 sprints
c/d

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Running -	14 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: NB 101 A 0 miles on shoe

Warm up 1 mile on streets around hotel then 2.5 miles at race course. Cool down 8 miles jogging around course cheering on women's and men's open teams and after races ended then 2.5 miles on streets around hotel.

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Running - Race USATF XC Club Nationals Certified? 9:45am Weather: Low 40's	6.21 miles 00:46:07 (7:25 min/mile)	Shoe: NB 101 A 0 miles on shoe

Great course. Wide with plenty of turns, which made it critical to run all tangents. Short grass and hard packed dirt, no obstacles. Downhill start and finish. Short steepish dirt hill. Longer gradual grass hill. Wouldn't have been bad except it was a 4 loop course so you ran both of those 4 times. They got progressively harder each loop.

Took it out aggressively, trying to stay close to Fink. Passed 2 guys on the first loop then hung close to Fink until I finally passed him late in the 3rd loop. Happy with both my effort and results. Met my goal of not finishing in the bottom 10. 179th out of 189 finishers.

7:02, 7:22, 7:26, 7:36, 7:26, 7:40, 1:35 (0.24)

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Running - Long LT Zorinsky East 5:00am	13.23 miles 01:48:00 (8:09 min/mile)	Shoe: Guide 9 Hot Takes 0 miles on shoe

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Running - Tempo Neighborhood 12:30pm	2.1 miles 00:16:29 (7:50 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Dyad 8 (2) 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 4 Max HR: 172 Avg HR: 155

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Swimming - Aerobic 5:45am	4.75 miles 00:00:00

4700 yard swim - longest one in some time.

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Running - Race Trails at Hitchcock Nature Center Hitchcock 100 Certified? 5:00am Weather: 20-30s	63 miles 12:01:50 (11:27 min/mile)	Shoe: Adidas duramo cross trail 0 miles on shoe Height: 6 ft

Fell a few times, messed up knee, hip, back and shoulder. Called it after 63 miles.

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Running - Tempo Weather: 30 Cloudy snow-packed windy	3.2 miles 00:29:03 (9:04 min/mile)	Shoe: ASICS GEL-Super J33 2 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

Ho Ho AAAAAGGHH! Just a light powder, but it made for sketchy footing where cars had packed it or it turned to black ice!

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Running - Long Poudre Loup & extensions 2:00pm Weather: 34, cooling toward the end	20.05 miles 02:42:15 (8:05 min/mile)	Shoe: Hoka Clifton II Rd/Blue 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10

Definitely felt the harder effort 10 miler from yesterday. FYI, Hoka Cliftons do not have any traction on slush or snow.

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Running - Aerobic treadmill at pinnacle 10:30am	6.5 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Saucony Ride LR9 0 miles on shoe Height: 6ft

Went to club after work and ran the mill. Not a mill fan but had a good workout.

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Running - Race Hitchcock Race Loop Elevation: Ascent+2330 Descent-2335 2016 Hitchcock Experience: The Half Certified? 5:00am Weather: 23°, 4 SSE, 68% Kept It Real™	13.4 miles 02:30:15 (11:12 min/mile)	Shoe: Merrell Trail Shoes 0 miles on shoe Weight: 212/154

2016 Hitchcock Experience: Half Marathon

First time @ Hitchcock and I'm running a half marathon; that could be a complete disaster, fingers crossed it's not!

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Wow. I knew this was going to be tough. I was NOT prepared the amount of elevation change HC has. The ascents, sure, those were a grind, but, where my weakness really showed was on the descents: I suck @ steep grade downhill trail running. But, it was dark as hell, and I'd never been there before, so I ain't gonna lose much sleep over it.

Giddings and Ron Ruhs have a pretty great race going on, adding a half this year was a great idea.

It started snowing towards the end of the race, and while it was "pretty", it was super reflective off my head lamp (kind of distracting) and, at times, I was taking dagger like flakes to the eyeballs (not cool).

One of the last bluffs I ran featured quite a spectacular view of the surrounding area. Should have stopped to take it in a bit more, but, I was tired, sore and cold... keep moving, Carl, keep moving.

The fact that there are folks who, after that first 13.4 mile loop, have 7 more 12.4 mile loops to do BLOWS MY MIND. Or, that, at 21:00 tonight, a bunch of folks (including BigSu) have 4 of them laps to do...! Can't fathom it.

All in all, it was a fine introduction to HC; can't wait to go back and run it, in the light of day.


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Tracked distance: 13.57 @ 2:30:16; course map says 13.4, so that's the distance of this half.

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Running - Aerobic	6.2 miles 00:56:22 (9:05 min/mile)	Shoe: NB 1260 A 0 miles on shoe Height: 5' 9'

back at it after a week off due to yet another head cold/upper respiratory thing.

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Running - Aerobic treadmill	7 miles 00:58:49 (8:24 min/mile)

Good luck to all racers this weekend!

Company Christmas party last night at Anthony's + no work today = awesome!

Song of the day: "Let's Dance" by David Bowie.

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cross training: weights -	00:00:00

Before running.

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Running - Aerobic Zorinsky 5:00am	13 miles 01:47:00 (8:13 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Ravenna 7.1 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'8

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Biking - Aerobic	12.06 miles 00:40:09 18.02 mph	Height: 6'5''

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Goose - Aerobic	00:00:00	Height: 6'

Maintaining a solid GoosEbase!

Another Ladycats BBall Tournament weekend, spread over 3 days vs. 4 games in one day. :) So much fun watching tho!

Watched some Ironman stuff last night, those folks honestly amaze me every time I watch; cannot imagine nor grasp.

Gotta be toughest of all endurance sports IMHO.

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Running - Aerobic MillE Time! 4:45am	7 miles 00:58:12 (8:18 min/mile)	Shoe: BrooksLaunch3B&W&SEAFOAM 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'3

Well I don't know, I just felt like doing the treadmill again. It is what it is. 7 miles early before work. Watched SportsCenter. Hopped off after each mile and did 20 push-ups.

20 X 7 = 140 push-ups (#math)

Now at work and it's starting off with a bang.

Happy Weekend.

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Running - 5:00am Weather: In St. Paul 5, clear, no wind	3.5 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'2"

Nice run this morning.