Jarhead's Running Myths & Misadventures

I’ve been taking the tapering process much more seriously this week.  After running the Bazan Bay 5k on Sunday I took Monday off completely.  Went for an easy run on the trails around Thetis Lake with KDF on Tuesday.  I hit the Songhees Walkway yesterday for an easy 6ish km and then did a really [...]

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I finished the Bazan Bay 5k in 19′52″ which met my goal of a sub 20′.
Am I happy?  Yes!
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But -  I’m feeling a little blah about it too, I’ve run it faster.  A 18′50″, over a minute faster, in 2005…
While I obviously realize that I’ve not been concentrating on short distance speed for a few [...]

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Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your future, and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.  Since starting CrossFit I’ve been focusing more on setting goals, specifically fitness goals, for myself and I commonly use the SMART criteria.
The acronym SMART has a few different variations which can [...]

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I put a bit more thought into tapering today and waited anxiously last night for today’s Crossfit Zone WOD to get posted before deciding on what kind of training to do today, a run or a WOD?
Well to my surprise today’s WOD had a run component in it so it accomplished both very nicely.  The [...]

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I don’t think I’ve ever tapered very well… and this week’s tapering hasn’t started too well.
Packman, Matts and I had discussed tapering for the Dirty Duo during our run on Saturday and  the general consensus was that it should start today by scaling back the WODs at Crossfit Zone and lessening the mileage and intensity [...]

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