I'm a born-again runner. Okay, that sounds corny. Let's just say that I use to hate running with a passion. In my pre-running life, given the choice between running for an hour or hitting myself in the head with a hammer for an hour, I would have readily reached for the hammer. Now, I run....
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Big Hill 10K
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Remember in my last post when I said it's becoming tradition for Ryan and I to run a 50 in Colorado on Mother's Day weekend? Well, another developing tradition is to come ...
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Quad Rock 50
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Seems that traveling to Colorado to run a 50 miler in May is becoming something of an annual tradition for Ryan and I. Last year, it was the Collegiate Peaks 50 in Buena V ...
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April Summary
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chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Miles: 347.8
Time Spent Running: 54:39:06
Runs: 35
Rest Days: 2
20+ Mile Runs: 4
Lookout Summits: 8
I was down about 30 miles from March. ...
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Night runs
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chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
No, not the kind of night runs you get when you eat some bad Mexican food. The kind of night runs that involve running. At night. Besides being something drunk college s ...
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March Summary
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Miles: 377.9
Time Spent Running: 60:08:04 (10 more than Feb., 15 more than Jan.)
Runs: 38 (just shy of 10 miles/run...guess I should've got in another 0.1 mile somewh ...
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First 30
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
With summer weather fully settled in (in March, no less) and the Quad Rock 50 only a couple months away and the Bighorn 100 a month after that, I figured it was high time I ...
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The Barkley Marathons
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
I've come to the conclusion that something is wrong with me. I know several people who would probably say that they could've told me that a long time ago, but it's becomin ...
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In sickness and in health
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chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
I hardly ever get sick. In fact, I can't recall exactly the last time I came down with the flu, I just know it was awhile ago. A couple of months ago, everyone in my fami ...
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February
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Some random February stats
Total Miles: 328.3
Total Runs: 36
Longest Run: 27.6 miles
Shortest Run: 3 miles (a short 5K race)
Lookout Summits: 9
Highest Weekly Mi ...
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Slogging and sprinting
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
One of the benefits of being a government employee is that you are enlightened to the benefits of several holidays you normally wouldn't give a rat's ass about. Like Presi ...
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The greatest winter ever?
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
I know I'm flirting with disaster (in the form of a legendary blizzard) by posting this, but what the hell. Life's more fun if you live dangerously, right? So, here goes: ...
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176.2
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Geez, what's with all the numbers as post titles? Get original, why dontcha?
Okay, so 176.2 is the number of miles worth of racing I've registered for in the last week. ...
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20/40/80
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Those numbers have nothing at all to do with temperature this time, although 80 degrees in January would be pretty damn impressive (and entirely unwelcome). It's all about ...
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45 degrees in 10 miles?
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chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
The plan for Saturday was that I was going to run the backroads from our house in Belle Fourche to Spearfish, where I would meet the rest of the family before heading out t ...
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Lookout!
by
chrissto23
Posted in: Blog Posts in Running
Okay, so I follow Anton Krupicka's blog and I know for awhile he was keeping track of how many times he summitted Green Mtn. outside of Boulder in a year. Green Mtn. is a f ...
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