tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18556088019773509912024-09-24T12:19:57.739-07:00Anthony Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14502930833013753297noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855608801977350991.post-13920993295256177552011-02-10T05:34:00.000-08:002011-02-10T05:34:45.746-08:00

It has been almost two weeks now since I ran in the War Party 10k. I've been slacking! What a great run I had too! It was nice to get out to an event where I knew people and see plenty of familiar faces, both running and spectating. The day started off kind of chilly in the upper 30s, so my warm-up trots with Ironman Dillow were with pants, a jacket and gloves. We say Greg pull up so we ran to

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Man, what an exhausting week I had last week! With work and a bunch of other stuff going on, it was tough to get over to my blog to do an writing. This week seems a bit more mellow, but still busy. I did get to run a ride a few times last week. With the cold weather I found myself at the YMCA running on the treadmill one day. It wasn't entirely bad, I got to look outside while I was running.

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Seeing as how the weather is still somewhat arctic, it's safe to say that going outside to run hasn't been really high on my list of things to do. Probably not a good thing, but I have found something I can do indoors that pertains a little to running. The other night I decided that the days I can't run and want to, I'm going to work on some things that I have neglected, mainly my core and some

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It's tough to stick to a running regimen when I have a brand new mountain bike sitting in the garage waiting to be abused on a trail somewhere. Yes, I prefer to ride my bike, but having the new bike has gotten me quite motivated to run, strangely enough. I hear people talk every year about cross training in the Winter for Spring bike races, but I have never actually tried it consistently. This

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Aaah the holidays. I spent a lot of mine in a dark room with a fever accompanied by a nasty stomach bug and left it in day-after Christmas stockings for all to enjoy. Sorry to everyone who contracted my nasty bug. Up until I got that bug, my Christmas was going great. Amanda and I visited her folks, then we visited my folks on Christmas day. I had planned on getting back to Bristol on Sunday

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Ten days since my last post and it has been a busy ten days. I've had lots of work to do before the new year approaches which means that my blogging has been lacking. I have been running though! I've come to the realization that running trails is much more fun than running on the roads. This makes sense to me since I'd rather be riding my mountain bike than my road bike if plan to ride. The

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Old Man Winter is trying to make an old man out of me, I'm certain of it. It's tough to get motivated to do anything when the weather doesn't cooperate. I've spent the entire day at the house with my wife and we both worked on our own little projects and watched a couple of movies. Hopefully I can get out and about tomorrow, maybe even run on the dreaded treadmill at the YMCA. I did get to go

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It has been a few since I last posted on ye olde blog and I do apologize. I've been trying to catch up on everything after being gone for Thanksgiving. I haven't done much running since my foot had been bothering me after my last run  in sunny Florida, so I've started using my first love as a cross-training method to keep me somewhat in shape. I've been doing some mountain biking since it

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As I sit here on this Thanksgiving evening, I'm reading about what everyone is thankful for. I will add to that by saying that I'm thankful to all of my marathon contributors, my ability to go out for a run today and for organizations like Livestrong and St. Jude's for all they do for cancer patients and their families. It has been a while since I have posted and do have updates. Seems my foot

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Saturday's half marathon was a little disappointing for me. I didn't finish under two hours, I hurt my foot and I had to walk for two miles. Needless to say, my spirits were a little low for most of the run. I did find a little source of inspiration during, what I have dubbed, the 'Walking Miles'. For the month of November, I have been growing a mustache for Movember. Most people make fun of the

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I've had a lot of people text me and send me facebook messages asking me how my half marathon went yesterday. I had planned on waiting until tomorrow to post, but thought I'd give a weekend edition. As my core followers know, I have been battling a nagging foot injury for a couple of weeks now, but with a few exercises and some Naproxen it wasn't bothering me nearly as bad. So Saturday, I took

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Tomorrow is THE day, the first big milestone in this adventure, the BAE half marathon. This week hasn't really gone the way I wanted it to. With a HUGE project due at work in a ridiculously short amount of time, I've spent several days working well into the night. On top of that I've had this nagging heel problem and yesterday it was almost unbearable. I'm not one to take medication, I'll

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This weekend is the BAE Half Marathon in Kingsport. My plan for this week was to get in a couple of short runs just to keep my legs loose, however, that has yet to happen. It has been busy at work and I got to enjoy a 16 hour workday yesterday and probably a 10+ hour day today. So, needless to say, I won't be running today either. This busy week has given me the opportunity to rest my right foot

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Where has the time gone? The BAE Half Marathon is next weekend and I have had a couple of items to take care of before then. First, to be able to run 13.1 miles and I'm almost there. Chris and I ran 6.3 on Tuesday and it was rough. After racing on Saturday and not doing anything active on Sunday or Monday, my legs were feeling it. If you want some specific details of Tuesday's run, you can find

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So, it has been a while since I last posted. Last I left you I was preparing for a 12 hour mountain bike race. Well, the race went pretty well, our team got third in our class. But, my brother had a crash that cut his head so my concern for that far outweighed the podium finish. I skipped the ceremonies to go hang with my brother at Oak Ridge Methodist while he waited for a stitch job. He is

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The date for the BAE Half Marathon looms for me. It's only three weeks away and I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep the pace I need for the sub two hour finish. I went out for a run on Sunday and had big plans for it. Amanda and I live about four miles from Sugar Hollow Park where there happens to be a nice cross country 5k course. My plan was to run to Sugar Hollow and maybe do the 5k course

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Today's post will deviate a bit from my usual banter about the condition of my legs or my progress with training. Instead I want to dedicate today's post to Bill Collie, a fellow cyclist who passed away last week while riding. I didn't know Bill extremely well, in fact, he knew my older brother much better having grown up going to the same schools and graduating together. I would talk to Bill at

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For those of you who are familiar with my circle of mountain bike pals and their blogs, the title of this blog may look familiar, but I couldn't think of any better post titles. So after reading my post, head on over to a similarly named blog for some mountain bike talk. There isn't much to write about since my weekend consisted of mountain biking instead of running. I did get out for a run on

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Since my last post, I haven't been running much. Heck, I hadn't ran at all since then! I skipped out on running for the weekend for some bike riding. I have a bike race around the bend, so I need to keep my riding skills honed in for it. Twelve hours at Haw Ridge demands some attention! Despite my lack of running over the weekend, I do plan to get a couple of running days in this week so I can

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I realize it has been a few days since I've written, but fear not my friends, I have not left. I normally write before work, but for the past several days, the hustle and bustle of work have slid into my normal blog time, besides, I have two runs under my belt since my last post. Monday I ventured out another run by myself. I wanted to get at least 40 minutes of runtime in, regardless of the

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Since I've started running I've tried to keep some company with me. I've gone with the dogs, Ironman Chris Dillow, but on Saturday I went by myself. My plan was to go to Sugar Hollow to run the cross country course a couple of times. The course is very hilly and about 5k, mostly on grass and sidewalk. It was kinda hot, but not muggy so I thought I could get 10k in easily. Being by myself, my pace

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So I'm having trouble getting the blog to link to the facebook fan page. It would be nice if I could have it automatically post to facebook via internet magic, but I always get the dreaded, "Something went wrong. We're working to fix it" message. Bullocks! Yesterday was a bit of a milestone...I ran six miles. Yep, I'm around halfway to a half marathon and six miles is the longest distance I have

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I guess I should report on my weekend with training and all. I will say that I did not get to do any research on charities over the weekend, but I did officially decide that I will be doing the Nashville Marathon in April. I hear that it's a good one, plus I have friends in Nashville that I haven't seen for a while. The first phase of my training is to be able to run a half marathon. The whole

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Yesterday was my first official day of running. My plan was to meet "Ironman" Dillow at Steele Creek to run the Lakeside Trail which is about four miles. I got a text around 3 p.m. that said he wouldn't be making it, so I grabbed the next best running partners...my dogs. They have been staying inside quite a bit lately since the rain has moved in, so I thought it would be nice to get them out for

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So, my training plan was to start fresh on Monday. Take the rest of the week to ride bikes and hang out...the usual stuff. Greg has a night ride planned at Warrior's Path tonight, but it looks like rain for most of the day and wet roots and rocks really aren't much fun. So training is starting early. I decided to text one of my running partners, Chris "Ironman" Dillow for a possible run

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