I’m going to use the above training plan to complete a half marathon by the end of the year. Based on the schedule, that looks like I’ll need to run one on November 5th. I haven’t checked running calendars yet, but I may be forced to fly somewhere to get this done, but whatever. Actually…

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Glad I just got the bike in 100% running condition. Time to fill her and the S (who will be sitting a while) up!

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So I’ve made the effort to get back in shape… As part of that, I had to do a baseline race so I can judge my progress. I’ve really only trained for a couple weeks now, but I was still pretty happy with how I performed. I was shooting for sub 24:00, and managed to

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Forgive me… I’ve been bad and busy. Over the past week I’ve: had dinner in Adams Morgan at Lauriol Plaza, which was awesome. Started with a mango margarita, which was overpriced, but good. They had some GREAT chips and salsa (better than Chevy’s) and then an even better Carne Asada that just melted in my

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As always, mine was full of things to do. Friday night I worked on the Civic to get her in running shape as Matt’s truck was out of commission so she’d be relied on to tote all our crap down to Frerdericksburg. She ran great already, but still had R-comp tires and track-only brake pads

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So two weekends ago I went out the track in the hatch. In preparation I had gotten a new windshield, did some carpet trimming, cleaned the interior, changed the oil, swapped on some stiffer springs, and that is about it. The weekend went great, I had no offs and the car came back in the

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