{"id":38,"date":"2010-02-24T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredtenpounds.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/24\/training-for-the-shamrock-run"},"modified":"2010-08-25T08:44:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T15:44:21","slug":"training-for-the-shamrock-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Training for the Shamrock Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday, March 14<\/span>th<\/sup> is the Shamrock Run <\/span>in Portland. It will be my first time participating and my first \u201clong\u201d run! The last race I did was Run Like Hell (5K). Shamrock is an 8k. I\u2019m confident that I can do it and that my time will be decent.<\/p>\n

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My 5k time was pretty good \u2013 and I\u2019d had the flu! And I didn\u2019t know what to expect. I do now, and I think I\u2019m prepared for the 8k. The biggest problem I am facing is the weather. I\u2019m a fair weather runner and I\u2019m not ashamed to admit it! Who wants to run in pouring rain? Icky. I have a running rain jacket I\u2019ve yet to use. I will definitely be bringing that! I recently bought a visor and a running hat.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s about 3 weeks until the run. (GASP\u2026I thought I had more time!) So I need to get on the stick with my training! It looks like I have about 17th<\/sup> days to go!<\/p>\n

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In preparation, I was reading websites, running books and training guides. My favorite quote: \u201cWhat pace should you run? Go slow. There is no advantage to going fast during your long runs, even for experienced runners.\u201d PHEW! Big sigh of relief. My goal for the Shamrock Run is to complete it with a decent time. I\u2019m not racing anyone. I\u2019m training to be able to compete in Hood to Coast.<\/p>\n

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My training is going well so far. I\u2019ve been able to complete 2 long runs with minimal soreness. And those two long runs were done in my VERY hilly neighborhood. I believe that has helped me. My goal is to be able to do a few more long runs before the Shamrock. Rain or shine!<\/p>\n

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QUESTION: How do you train for events? Email me at 110pounds@gmail.com. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, March 14th is the Shamrock Run in Portland. It will be my first time participating and my first \u201clong\u201d run! The last race I did was Run Like Hell (5K). Shamrock is an 8k. I\u2019m confident that I can do it and that my time will be decent. My 5k time was pretty good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,130,195,208,224,240,276],"tags":[8575,888],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5357,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/5357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}