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).

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.

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. I am planning to attend runner’s clinic this coming Saturday.

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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 was several minutes worse than the one at Securian Half Marathon. Now in preparation for Get Lucky 21 K (half marathon) on March 19th I have changed runs from treadmill to elliptical machine to protect my knees. I run 4 miles each last 2 days. Knees are better.

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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.

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 free.  Again, many thanks, Arek.

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

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!!!

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.

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.