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wished i had run in the color run race… but if i did, i would’ve wished i took photos of the race! it was one of the more challenging and possibly most fun photo assignments i’ve assigned to myself!

now if only they’d team up with the firefly run and do a night time race where people throw glow-in-the-dark neon paint on you!

gpoyw -it’s been a while… for the mad men fans out there!

busy… busy… week! started my first week at my new job, but that wasn’t what made an impact on my mileage…

at the last possible moment (i.e. before going to bed for a run in the morning), i got convinced to go watch the midnight showing of hunger games.

also… i learned gorging bbq doesn’t go well the night before a long run.

track workouts included…

• 5x1600m @ tempo pace
• 5x[2x200m @ ~3k pace w/ 200m recovery, 1x400m @ ~3k pace w/ 400m recovery]

i’ll be roughly following jack daniels’ for this training season. maybe drinking some too.

last week in review

thanks to my trip to asheville, i met a local running group and got some serious mileage done! i did do quite a bit of two-a-days and once i got back to atlanta, i rounded it off with the running groups here topping off my mileage to just over 50mi last week.

the track workout i did in asheville was something i’ve never really done before. it goes like this…

• 1mi warmup
• 1000m
• 4x400m
• 1000m
• 4x400m
• 1000m

to be done at 5k pace w/ 200m rest in between each. it didn’t turn out to be as bad as i thought. my biggest concern was doing it after having just gotten off a marathon about a week ago at the time. i like to call it the double burger workout. omnomnom.

this week assuming i am not lazy and get in my recovery runs, i might be looking at 60+ miles.

here’s hoping i don’t injure myself in the process! coming off of a very lazy winter (15-25mi average/wk), i just might be biting off more than i can chew. so far i’ve been able to manage.

congrats to everyone who participated and completed the publix georgia half and full marathon!

i took a sideline approach today and spectated the race with a group of friends just past mile 21 (right before the park). i couldn’t stay the whole time because i had to meet someone close to lunch time. it was quite the scorcher! reminded me of chicago marathon weather!

anywho… i suppose when i’m spectating, there are pics to be had!

easy run up here at unc asheville. maybe it’s my lack of knowledge of the area, but i’m finding it hillier than atlanta in general.

i’m currently spending my last week of “vacation” up here in asheville. i had this vision where i would do “semi-high altitude” training in the mountains. failed miserably, but still got in two runs yesterday. i found a running group at a local running store so i’m set for the rest of my stay.

what i find more interesting is that i made it a point to be back by thursday because that’s when the group run goes on in atlanta. it’s also st. paddy’s day weekend so that probably means there’s gonna be copious amounts of beer.

for anyone that’s running the publix half/full this weekend (such as christwalk for the first time), keep an eye out at mile ~8.75/21 (park and monroe). i’ll be going back and fourth along the course, but you might catch me at this spot!