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9 Miles

9 Miles Originally uploaded by Jason Archer This Sunday I ran 9.06 miles. Another milestone. Incredible. It was the hardest run I’ve ever done. Not because of the miles. But because of it just being hard. It’s interesting, last week I ran 8.5 miles on the same trail. For some reason, I felt pretty good and thought I could have run even further. This run was really difficult. It was...

8.5

I did my longest run yesterday.  8.5 miles.  1 hour, 35 minutes.  I did it on limited sleep and bad eating.  But I did it.  I feel terrible but awesome at the same time.  Being that we went to Chicago Friday/Saturday and Joel’s [Maust] wedding, I knew that the long run for Saturday would not work.  Joel [Miller] and the fam were coming back from Phoenix Friday, so we decided to wait...

Cabin Weekend

[youtube id=”YZKqS6KR__Y”] This video is from our annual trip to Coleman, MI.  Seven of us from college have been heading up to a cabin with no running water, elecricity, or heat for about 15 years.  Two years ago, Sam did a magic trick where he actually puts a nail in his nose.  It’s pretty aweseome.  He made a YouTube vid here:  ; Since then, Sam has...

7.5

7.5 Originally uploaded by Jason Archer Saturday I hit another milestone. I ran for 1 hour, 22 minutes. 7.5 miles. It was my best run ever. I felt like I could have run another mile at least. Definitely not a “runners high”, but a great feeling of satisfaction. With Joel and Nathan not able to run, I was wondering mentally how I would be able to make it that far. Mick said she’d...

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