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Hot times at the Nightmare by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I certainly would have preferred cool weather like we have had for nearly all of the Spring of 2013, but it wasn't to be with a forecast for the warmest day of the yea ... Read on »

Nightmare On The Neuse 100 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon The C&O 100 doesn't deserve a report and I really don't want to talk about it other than to say I was really frustrated to be in grea ... Read on »

C&O Canal 100 Preview by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon There is only one reason I signed up to run this one. PR or bust. Last April , I ran at Umstead again last April and was going for the pr, but the warm humid day ... Read on »

Whats with all the cross training ? by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon If you just read my blog, then you probably don;t know what I'm talking about but if you follow me on Daily Mile or Facebook then you have been seeing an awful lot of o ... Read on »

Cary Road Race 5k 2013 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Other than the pine pollen invasion we had a near perfect morning for the race with cool temps and low humidity. Nice to know that was one thing not to worry about. The wa ... Read on »

5k? Yeah, every now and then. by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon This Saturday I'll be heading over to the Cary Road Race for a 5k. As you probably know if you follow my running at all, I don't do many 5k's these days. In fact it was ... Read on »

The Grande Experiment Two. Continues ! by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon The GE 2 began last summer with the plan to qualify for Boston at Tobacco Road Marathon along with Amy while still training for a 50 mile pr in January. I got the pr but t ... Read on »

Tobacco Road Marathon 2013 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Writing about disappointments is harder and not nearly as much fun as writing about the big successes and I have certainly had a ton of blowups and dnf's over the years. An ... Read on »

Training with Amy Part 4 or whats in it for me? by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon 2008 was a sub par year for me as I was in almost constant pain running. I had dnf'd couple of races and finally in December after running Derby I took 6 weeks off comple ... Read on »

Training with Amy Part 4 or what's in it for me? by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon 2008 was a sub par year for me as I was in almost constant pain running. I had dnf'd couple of races and finally in December after running Derby I took 6 weeks off comp ... Read on »

Training with Amy- Part 3 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Moving into December it was now time to get the faster stuff done to prepare for the race pace workouts in Jan and Feb. This is also where I decided we had to break one o ... Read on »

Training with Amy-Part 2 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon After finishing the 100 miles at Umstead , Amy told me that she now wanted to back off of the ultra's for awhile and get back to some speedwork with the next big goal of ... Read on »

amosmotor "runnin' happy": Myrtle Beach Half Marathon - February 16, 2013 by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon This is Amy's Version of our race at the Myrtle beach Half Marathon. Just click on the link to read it on her blog. amosmotor "runnin' happy": Myrtle Beach Half Mar ... Read on »

Training with Amy- Part 1 the Beginnings by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon I first had the pleasure of meeting Amy at the August Umstead series which I was in charge of back in 2009. A group of us met for dinner as usual after the run and the conv ... Read on »

The Grand Experiment Two. Late February Update by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Our last update in late January had us just completing a tough 4x2 miles at half marathon race pace a little over two weeks before our test at Myrtle Beach. Just for fun a ... Read on »

Myrtle Beach Half Marathon, Pacing Amy by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon This one was all about Amy and our ultimate goal of getting her qualified for Boston. The only reason we signed up for this one was as a test to see how the traini ... Read on »

Myrtle Beach Half Marathon 2013 Preview by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Looks like I am heading back to MB for the first time since 2010, which was the snow year that caused the race to be cancelled. I had entered the half that year fo ... Read on »

De Grote Experiement Twee. Late January Update by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Ok,our last update was a week before I headed out to Nevada for the 50 mile pr attempt that obviously went very well. I never dreamed I would shatter my pr by over an hour. ... Read on »

Running From An Angel (and into a new pr) by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon After all the planning, and preparation I couldn't believe I was going to let myself be late to the race. It was just an easy 3 miles from the hotel to the start bu ... Read on »

Running From an Angel 50 miler -Preview by Joey A. Posted in: Blog Posts in Marathon Anyone that knows me can tell right away that there is something wrong with the name of this race. You'll find me running with an Angel or running towards an Angel but nev ... Read on »

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