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Portland Marathon 2008 – A Success for Everyone!

by theFerf on October 11, 2008

in Life, Life is Too Short, Marathon Quest

Well, we did it. Amongst the long hours of work, moving to the city and other surprises… not to mention Amy Macs knee tendinitis, 6 weeks of inactivity and 4 weeks of physical therapy… we made it! Not only did we make it, we made it look goooood.
Ok, maybe not good, but we both were [...]

Tagged as: 2008, amy mac, ferf, marathon, portland marathon, portland race, race, racing, running

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First Long Run with My New Garmin Forerunner 405

by theFerf on July 8, 2008

in Marathon Quest

This past weekend Amy and I took off for a long 10 mile run. This was the first long run we did with my new Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS watch. We ran from the ocean here in San Francisco, through Golden Gate Park and back again and ended our run sipping beers and mai tais [...]

Tagged as: 10 mile run, 13 miles, amy mac, chris mcintyre, forefunner 405, garmin, garmin forerunner 405, gps, heart rate monitor, marathon, san francisco, sf half marathon, sf marathon, training

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Preparing for the 2008 Bay to Breakers

by theFerf on May 17, 2008

in Life, Marathon Quest

Well… tonight is the big night. I am sitting around with Amy, Joe, Pam and Nick having a few frosty beverages shooting the shit preparing for the 2008 Bay to Breakers. We have our costumes prepared, we have a plan for getting to and from the race course, and now… we are drinking whiskey and [...]

Tagged as: amy, bay to breakers, joe, marathon, marathon training, nick, pam, party, run, running, slideshow, whiskey

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Status Update, Where Am I?

by theFerf on April 26, 2008

in Life, Marathon Quest, Social Networks & Web 2.0

It has been a crazy few months so I thought I would give another quick update. The marathon training has been going great. Logging lots of miles, until, I got shin splints. I have been not running for the last week or so and have been trying to stretch and relax a bit to ease [...]

Tagged as: 7 year anniversary, amy mac, chris mcintyre, hawaii, marathon, mevio, podshow, status update, training

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The Year of the Marathon!

by theFerf on February 17, 2008

in Marathon Quest

Not too long ago Amy and I went out with some friends of our (Joe & Pam). While out, we got to talking about running and marathons and it turns out, Pam has run a few in her day. As the conversation continued, Amy said she had always wanted to run a marathon (as had [...]

Tagged as: bay to breakers, marathon, marathon training, nike marathon, san francisco, sf marathon, training log

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