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A quick trip to Vancouver
Time for another running story - with tales of lycra and nasty smells abound. For the second time my running group headed North from Seattle to the frozen wastes of Canada and a the city with one of the worst traffic systems I have ever seen. I swear...
Posted 05 May 2008 08:34 AM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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Ultraman
It used to be that running a marathon was a big deal - until Oprah ran one ! Now every man and his dog, and his cat, and his parrot and his pet stick insect has run a marathon. So how can you possibly stand out from the crowd? Run an ultramarathon ! Yes...
Posted 14 April 2008 08:37 AM by zman | 3 comment(s)
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Hills should be illegal!
I know you are all expecting my race reports to get crazier and crazier after my goofy race but the next crazy race is not for 5 more weeks (only the 50k folks - I'm not totally insane [well maybe not till 2009]). But as part of the training we like...
Posted 10 March 2008 09:58 AM by zman | 3 comment(s)
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The day after
Yesterday I did something crazy so its only fair that today my body gets to pay me back. However thankfully it appears to have taken pity on me. After the race I came back and took the obligatory ice bath - that's 4 in 3 days! Walking has not been...
Posted 14 January 2008 10:01 PM by zman | with no comments
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A new kind of pain
When we left our hero he was feeling pretty darn good for having run a half marathon after getting up at 3am. When the alarm went off at 3am today (Sunday) I was feeling really good. J walked me to the bus stop at 3:30 and I headed off to the start line...
Posted 13 January 2008 06:27 PM by zman | with no comments
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One third of the way there...
Well I know those of you on the west coast are probably not even out of bed and some of us have already run a half marathon!!! When you left the thrilling epistle last night the hero (and heroine) had just had the traditional 'night before the race...
Posted 12 January 2008 08:18 AM by zman | with no comments
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Iced nuts!
Well I just got out of 15 minutes in a bath with actual ice in it! Yes Coach REAL ICE! The cold water in the hotel is tepid at best - so after a few minutes in that J decided it needed something extra. After 3 ice buckets full didn't make a dent in...
Posted 11 January 2008 06:13 PM by zman | with no comments
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Three days to go...
Taking the time difference into account I have a little over 3 days to go before I drag myself out of bed at 1am Seattle time to ride a bus to probably the craziest thing I have ever done. At 6am EST on Saturday I will be running the Disney World half...
Posted 08 January 2008 10:13 PM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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ZMan likes peanut butter!!!
Getting out of bed on a Monday morning is never one of my favourite things in the world but today the legs were rather more unresponsive than normal and with good reason. Yesterday I finished my 4th full marathon and my 1st (and last) one in 2007 due...
Posted 26 November 2007 09:21 AM by zman | 5 comment(s)
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Running, beer and people who fart...
I just got back from a great weekend in Leavenworth, WA where I did several of my favourite things - I ran a half marathon and I drank lots of beer . As for the farting well you will have to read on. My plan for the half marathon was to take things fairly...
Posted 15 October 2007 08:32 PM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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ZMan the Triathlete
Not content with the title of marathon runner and male gigolo this weekend after much swim training I finished my first triathlon. We travelled out to Lake Chelan on Thursday afternoon - a nice 3.5 hour drive over 2 mountain passes. For once I was a passenger...
Posted 23 July 2007 10:53 PM by zman | 2 comment(s)
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No 50k for The Zman
Someone asked me if I was still doing the ultra 50k - sadly no. The event was last weekend (Sunday 22nd April) and though my leg injury is better the doctors didn't think that running 31 miles was a good way to recover. Seems they are probably right...
Posted 25 April 2007 12:59 AM by zman | 1 comment(s)
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