{"id":713,"date":"2008-10-30T04:01:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T09:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=713"},"modified":"2008-10-29T22:30:28","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T03:30:28","slug":"october-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/october-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"October Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

This really should be titled “Marathon Highlights” since most of the month this year and last was talking about marathons!\u00a0 Did I talk too much about it this year? Well it was a major highlight of the year and I spent plenty of weeks training, thinking, and focusing on it (read: obsessing), so you shouldn’t be too surprised.<\/p>\n

Last Year<\/strong> though I didn’t talk too much about marathons, but I did share my experiences volunteering <\/a>at the Chicago Marathon. Here are pictures <\/a>I took after I was done passing out water.\u00a0 I wrote about some Last Minute Marathon Tips<\/a>.\u00a0 Maybe I should have read these before my race! Following Chicago there was a lot of talk about Race Directors and marathon planning, so I highlighted a blog directed at Race Directors<\/a> from the Association of Running Event Directors.<\/p>\n

Continuing with the marathon theme I gave a preview of the Men’s Marathon Olympic Trials<\/a> at New York and wrote about the Marathon Challenge<\/a>, a PBS special.<\/p>\n

I ran the Turn Up the Volume 4Mi<\/a> race in Indianapolis and felt really good! I began tapering <\/a>for my Indianapolis Half Marathon<\/a>, which didn’t go very well for me.<\/p>\n

I shared some highlights from a very funny post about t-shirt etiquette<\/a>.\u00a0 Bad Ben posted it at his site: Bad Ben’s Ramblings<\/a> which I highlighted.\u00a0 I ended the month on a somber note talking about Indiana’s high obesity rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year <\/strong>my marathon was October 5, so I laid out my race plan<\/a> and graded <\/a>it afterwards. I did write a more traditional race review<\/a> for you before bombarding you with a lot of random charts and graphs<\/a>.\u00a0 In the following weeks I shared some of my thoughts on post-marathon life<\/a>, a little like depression and generally lacking motivation.\u00a0 In a final hat tip to the marathon I did some linking to other people’s<\/a> thoughts and impressions.<\/p>\n

I wrapped up my Team World Vision fundraising by talking about my experience in South Africa<\/a> and finally wrapping it all up.<\/a> It is so exciting to have surpassed the fundraising goal of $2,000.\u00a0 THANK YOU again to everyone who donated and supported me!<\/p>\n

Ok, so there aren’t many non-marathon posts, but here they are: A look at eco-friendly gyms<\/a>.\u00a0 Protecting our ears from hearing loss by taking care of our buds<\/a>. I submitted that post to the Running Carnival<\/a>.\u00a0 I thought these were 5 good tips for fall<\/a> running.<\/p>\n

Monthly Mileage –<\/strong>(as of 10\/29)<\/p>\n

Running – 75 miles<\/p>\n

Biking – 90 miles<\/p>\n

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This really should be titled “Marathon Highlights” since most of the month this year and last was talking about marathons!\u00a0 Did I talk too much about it this year? 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