Monthly Archives: August 2011

Marathon Completed! Recap!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Big Adam

Business first: Next month’s project will be a “short story/writing piece a day”–there is no length requirement or minimum. I will be taking all of my prompts from the front page of reddit.com (a community with a wide number of … Continue reading →

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Marathon Tomorrow! Video blog post

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Big Adam

Hello all! In the name of laziness and conserving my energy, I’ve made a video blog! Also, please vote on what my next 30-day project should be, here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q3XLWVN

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Marathon Training Day 15: Two days to go, help choose my next 30-day project!

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Big Adam

Before I tell you about my Marathon, if you’d rather help me choose my next project, please start reading below the picture, or you can just go straight to the survey here: Click here to take survey Now: I did … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 14: 19 miles, 1 ice bath

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Big Adam

Yesterday was my last long run before the marathon next Wednesday–19 miles. I ran roughly the last 17 miles of the marathon route: up through Brooklyn, over the Queensboro, and then looping up to the Bronx and back to Central … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 13: 3 weeks of training, 10 days til marathon

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Big Adam

After my 15-miler this past Tuesday, I did some bicycle cross-training, as I had some pain in my left foot along with a general crappy feeling in the rest of my lower body (plus a gnarly sunburn). Put 20 miles … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 11: F— It! I’m running 52.4 miles on August 31st

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Big Adam

Like most endurance sports, it seems to me that at least half of running is a mind game–the strain of thinking to yourself “left, right, left, right, breath!” can push you to the limit. Yesterday, I went out for a … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 10: no, I did NOT chase that child for 5 miles

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Big Adam

Coming on two weeks to go til my marathon, I’ve begun to notice Bushwick brings with it its own running environment. For example, one must not only pick broken glasses out of one’s shoes at the end of each run. … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 8: 7 miles, 1 chasing child, then 5 miles

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Big Adam

I have exactly three weeks until I’m running the full 26.2 miles. To date, I’ve run at most 9 and half, which is a little over a third. I tell you all this to show you that I can do … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 8: 2 mile run plus 7-mile wedgie.

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Big Adam

Ran home from work today, and then added on what has become my go-to loop down Bushwick for a solid ten miles. Here is the route: While I had to dodge tourists and that strange breed of middle-aged women who … Continue reading →

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Marathon Training Day 7: Ran to Queens, Put my Underwear in the Freezer.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Big Adam

I’ve run 5 of the past six days, taking Friday off and running a short two miles with a weighted backpack on Saturday.  My goal was originally to do ten miles by this first weekend, given that I’ve only got … Continue reading →

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