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First 4 miles after the Marathon…

Gino Guarnere — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:28:03 +0000

I did a quick (well, not so quick, but that was the point) 4 miles today over at Betzwood with my father-in-law. Things felt good, nothing seemed tight, and best of all, it felt very liberating to be back to running for no reason. My FIL, on the other hand, seems to think has has developed a hernia, which became symptomatic after a recent Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning. We’ll see what his doctor says. (more…)

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My running year in review, 2007

Gino Guarnere — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:49:59 +0000

Per my earlier post on the subject, I really got toasted at the Philadelphia Marathon. I admitted mental defeat and started focusing on the physical aspects, which are difficult to overcome once you’ve mentally “moved on.” But this year was my year. I PR’d in every race I entered: (more…)

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Ouch.

Gino Guarnere — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:46:44 +0000

I got my butt kicked at my first-ever full marathon. Let’s see, where do I start…Many things happened that got me a little unraveled mentally, so perhaps I should start there…None of this, by the way, is an apologia for my performance. I believe, per my earlier post on this, that I under trained.
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One Week Left, New Mizunos, All Set

Gino Guarnere — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:30:43 +0000

Well, one week left to the day.

I’ve decided that training for a marathon is easily more mental than physical, at least for me. My will to run long distance fades mentally long before it does physically. Here are the three things I think I did wrong during my training:
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Had the worst 2 weeks of running all year…

Gino Guarnere — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:44:06 +0000

But I’m back…after a long business trip followed by the changing Philadelphia weather harnessed to one heckuva cold, I went out today for a brisk 3 miles, keeping the heart pumping the whole way. (more…)

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The Marathon approaches

Gino Guarnere — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:45:03 +0000

Well, I can’t say I’m ready for this Marathon. I also can’t really say I’ve enjoyed the training very much. Can I run 26.2 miles? I’m really not sure! Have I prepared myself fully to run 26.2 miles? I’m not sure. I’ve had the best running year of my life, knocking over PR’s at every race I’ve entered, in some cases by over 14 minutes. The simple fact is I don’t wanna run for 4 1/2 hours straight. It occurred to me that it doesn’t really matter if I can. I run because I enjoy it, but this may be more than I bargained for. More on that when it’s all over…I WILL TOUGH IT OUT. (more…)

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Ran 20 miles this weekend

Gino Guarnere — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:00:40 +0000

Saturday, 10 miles. Sunday, 10 miles. That’s the first time I’ve ever done back-to-back long runs, and both runs came in slightly under my target marathon pace of 10:18. Saturday was around a 1:41 minutes, putting me at about a 10:08 pace. Sunday was about 1:42:35, which put me around a 10:16. Makes me curious what will happen when I try to string these two long runs together for my first-ever 20 mile run, which, by the way, is scheduled for 14. October, 2007. (more…)

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Pre-Training Diet: One Pint of Graeter’s Ice Cream

Gino Guarnere — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:08:27 +0000

Well, I haven’t read this anywhere, but my marathon pre-training strategy has been the following:

Do absolutely no running the week before the training starts
Eat too much, mostly the “wrong” stuff (don’t worry, it’s all part of my strategy)
Eat one (ok, slightly more than one) pint of Graeter’s Ice Cream

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One week off and then the Mary training starts

Gino Guarnere — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:02:04 +0000

This is my one week off of running until the training starts in preparation for the Philadelphia Marathon on November 17, 2007. I’ll be doing the Hal Higdon training program, using the Intermediate 1 approach. That put’s me out there with a few 20 milers, and an average of 25-30 miles per week. Peaking at 40. Diet starts along with all this, too.

I’ll be specifically posting the results of my runs in conjunction with a new eating strategy. I need to find what works for this thing…Onward!

Training begins on 16. July, 2007. 18 weeks of running bliss!

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Broad Street Run: Something’s afoot!

Gino Guarnere — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:42:06 +0000

Broad Street Run, 2006: 1:43:47 on the Chip.
Broad Street Run, 2007: 1:29.37 on the Chip.
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