A Passion for Running

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phase two of training is about to begin!

passion for running category: running on Thursday, March 15 2007

Coach informed me that both the timeline and my progress indicate the time is right to move beyond the base training phase and into phase two – hills!

I’m excited about this for several reasons:

  1. It’s a change!
  2. It shows I am progressing.
  3. It works on something I need – strength. This is especially important since I’ve been asking people questions about the hills at Red Deer Marathon and I know I will need a good strength component to my running to be successful there.

So, “YAY” for hills! The plan is to run nice and easy for the next several days so I am rested and ready to move to phase two next week.




4 Comments

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Comment by Kurt

Friday March 16, 2007 @

Awesome. Hit ‘em hard! But don’t burn out!

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Comment by 21stCenturyMom

Friday March 16, 2007 @

The awesome thing about hills is that what goes up, must come down. ahhhhh……. And it’s nice to get a little help from gravity once in a while. Just watch the knees!

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Comment by La Lynx

Friday March 16, 2007 @

Yay for hills!! Congratulations on your progress – you’ve earned this “step” forward!!

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Comment by Ellie

Saturday March 17, 2007 @

Great work — moving up! I need hill work, too. I need strength. I’m running some hilly marathons this season and actually hope to BQ at one of them…. got work to do!

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