2011 Stillwater 20 miles

by Arek on June 1, 2011

Sunday 29th of May was a perfect day for running. This year I strategized better and started slow to preserve my energy. Nice weather and relaxed run allowed me to finish 20 miles in 2 hours 52 minutes and 37 seconds (7 minutes and 28 seconds faster than last year).

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Camp WannaRunaMileorMore Half Marathon

by Arek on April 11, 2011

Saturday April 9th I have completed Camp WannaRunaMileorMore half marathon run near Bald Eagle Lake. I started slowly and relaxed, and surprisingly my time was not worse than times on previous runs.

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Get Lucky Half Marathon

March 21, 2011

Last Saturday, March 19th, I have completed triple 7K (half marathon).  First 5 miles went very well with a good pace, but the following 8.1 miles was very painful with developing ache in knees. I have completed it though in 1 hour and 47 minutes. I will need to review my running technique and strategy. [...]

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Competed Half Fast Half Marathon

February 23, 2011

My training for Half Fast Half Marathon was more difficult than I have expected.  I have started to feel my knees. Perhaps I have trained too much a week before. The morning of February 19th was chilly, but sunny. My run went just OK. At 8 miles I started to slow down. No surprise that my time [...]

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Completed Securian Winter Run

February 3, 2011

I have completed my first half marathon this year on January 29th in St. Paul. Although run is called “frozen”, this year temperature was perfect for running. I did well. Now I train for the next run on February 19th (Half Fast Half Mararathon) in White Bear Lake.

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Mission Accomplished

October 7, 2009

On Sunday I finished the Twin Cities Marathon in 3 hours and 44 minutes!!  I have officially raised $1405 for melanoma research!  Thank you so much for your donations.  I am going to keep this website up for about nine more months, so if you have the opportunity to contribute to the research, please feel [...]

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Final Week of Training

September 29, 2009

On Saturday I ran 10 miles as I am starting to tapering my runs in anticiaption of the marathon this coming Sunday!!

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Completed 22 Mile Run!

September 15, 2009

This past Saturday I completed the longest training run that I will do, 22 miles!  From here on, I will start tapering down the length of my runs until Marathon Day.  Keep those donations coming!!!

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First Fundraising Update!

September 3, 2009

I have officially raised $510 so far!  Thanks so much for your support.  The training runs are going well.  This Saturday I will run 18 miles.

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Well into Training

August 27, 2009

My training has been going very well.  Two weekends ago I ran my first 20 miler, and I plan on running another one this weekend.  Last week I ran a total of 29 miles over 6 days.  The Marathon is just over 5 weeks away.

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