That title is quite a mouthful, eh? Or maybe I should say it’s an eyeful. In keeping with the random theme from my last post, this past week’s running has also been quite out of the ordinary. On Tuesday, I…
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Weekly Recap: Turkey Trot, MAF Test #5-ish & Holy Hills!
Tagged with: friends, hills, Lake Chabot, MAF, MAF Test, trail running, training, Turkey Trot
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Humidity Training
Greetings from Taipei! Maybe some of you remember the post I wrote about running in Taipei last year, maybe you don’t. Either way, I’m not going to rehash anything from that post, except for the photo below, since I have…
MAF Test #4
Yesterday, I did my 4th MAF Test as part of my MAF Experiment. A brief recap: I started doing MAF (or Maximum Aerobic Fitness) training in August as a way to come back from injury and to build my running…
Race Recap: LMJS 4th Sunday 5K (October 2014)
I decided to run this past Sunday’s Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders 4th Sunday race only 3 days beforehand. KP and I were texting back and forth, trying to decide when our next running date would be. We were having…
MAF Test #3
Here we are, 8 weeks into my MAF experiment, which means that I just did another MAF test this past Saturday. I knew that going into the test, my MAF training has been very inconsistent, mostly due to Ragnar messing…
Change and Adaptation
My entire existence as a “real” runner — i.e., someone who trains consistently from week to week — has been a relatively new phenomenon, dating back to the beginning of 2012. It coincided with 2 other big changes in my…
Tiny Glimmers of Hope
I can already tell that my MAF training experiment is going to be full of highs and lows. A little over a week ago, I was in a funk after my 2nd long run. Then, as if the running gods…
Random Things Thursday
I have a bunch of random thoughts floating around in my head, so I thought I’d unleash them all in the form of a blog post! Lucky you! Random thought #1: MAF long runs are harder than I expected. Why?…
The MAF Experiment
After completing the San Francisco 1st Half Marathon (SF1HM), I asked myself, “What’s next?” Besides Ragnar Napa in mid-September, which I intend to run just for fun, I don’t have any goal races on the calendar…which is just as well…
Tagged with: aerobic base, experiment, Heart Rate Monitor, low heart rate training, MAF, MAF Test, Mio Link
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Running Tangents 