business prose
sometimes i re-read my entries and my sentence structure really sucks. and i have spelling errors, and i make up words, and sometimes i end sentences with words like be. which is some sort of english no-no i'm sure of. see, words like of. in the real world i have to write in business prose-- published reports and stuff. i find it to be quite restrictive and non-expressive. you would not even recognize my business prose writing. however, its more fun this way, for now, because.
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Shoulders: 9-10 sets total, somewhat heavy. db military press (a little weak here, the curcuit wasn't too liberal with the shoulder exercises so this one suffered), front lat raise, side lats. it feels good to do shoulders again, let me tell you.
thanks to everyone who responded to the marathon question! your answers are all very interesting and helpful. if you are reading this and you still have yet to respond, feel free to go on ahead and respond! good night.---
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Shoulders: 9-10 sets total, somewhat heavy. db military press (a little weak here, the curcuit wasn't too liberal with the shoulder exercises so this one suffered), front lat raise, side lats. it feels good to do shoulders again, let me tell you.
thanks to everyone who responded to the marathon question! your answers are all very interesting and helpful. if you are reading this and you still have yet to respond, feel free to go on ahead and respond! good night.---
posted by brent at
1:33 AM
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October? Totally, absolutely doable. If you're already running a bit (which you are, duh), 16 weeks of training can get you there. If you don't want to be as militant, you can build your mileage up more slowly. Two important things in my opinion, maintaining some consistent mileage so you don't get injured and the weekly long run. I've always used the training logs on the Runners World website. The beginner program isn't overly scary and builds mileage gradually. I put together a spreadsheet of mileage. I'm happy to send it over to you if you're interested.
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karmajenn, at 7:32 AM
I keep thinking I'll comment, then I don't. Maybe this one will actually make it through. It's just that I do think you could do it - both of them actually - if that's what you set your mind to do. Give yourself enough time, and I know that's one of your questions, right, "what's enough time"? But that's different for everyone. I was running about 15 miles a week for about 4 or 5 months before I decided to train for a half. I see now that I definitely *could* have gone for it much earlier, but I have to believe all those base miles are what has made this whole process relatively painless. From the time I decided to run until the actual half (Feb 6) will be 11 weeks. My long runs used to be 5 or so miles. Sunday's will be 10.
I agree with Rebecca though. What's the hurry? If you want to challenge yourself, a 10k in March and half in May or June seem totally doable. I'd try that and see if you even *like* doing all that training. If you do, and it suits you, then go for the marathon. But you may find that it's a bigger time commitment than you're ready to give.
Whatever you decide, you'll do great. I'll be cheering you on!
- Mia
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Mia Goddess, at 9:46 AM
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