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DK's Things to Do Before I Die, #32: Watch the lights turn on over Victoria Island.

The Seven Most Recent DK Tweets

As posted on the @kingsbury Twitter account

  • Great, my WordPress security review has now locked me out of the admin backend of my own site. Time for lunch, though 1 hr ago
  • Sort of freaking me out having thunderstorms during the boys hockey tournament instead of blizzards 1 hr ago
  • Minnesota State High School League on Twitter @MSHSL has only 83 followers - come on State of Hockey, boost that up! 13 hrs ago
  • Major blowouts in the class A tourney today - Warroad vs. Breck should be good, though 13 hrs ago
  • Basement workout much more tolerable with the MSHSL Boys Hockey tourney on (should have gone down there for the late game) 15 hrs ago
  • Get to watch Wild-Panthers game from a suite tonight - thanks Joe! 1 day ago
  • Got a letter in the mail today saying HOM Furniture has purchased Hoigaard's (and also owns Gabberts). All your furniture are belong to us! 1 day ago
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Marathon Training

Posted 04.24.2006 in Running at 12:21 AM

This week I received my entry form for the 25th running of the Twin Cities Marathon, to be held Sunday, October 1, 2006. Since I’m attending the U.S. Open in New York this year during Grandma’s Marathon weekend, TCM will be my only marathon this year. I met my last marathon goal at the 2005 Grandma’s, when I finally finished that race in under five hours. So it’s time for a new goal and I’ve decided to aim for a new PR (currently 4:42 at the 1995 TCM). This, however, means I need to actually train. I started this weekend with a 4-mile run that went well and plan to run the annual Get In Gear 10K next weekend.

There are a lot of different training plans out there, but I like to make my own. I’ve tried everything from Galloway to stay-active-but-don’t-run-too-much. If I ever want to get to Boston, I’d have to follow something much stricter than I’ve done so far, but here is my plan for this year:

  • Mondays: 4-mile run
  • Tuesdays: treadmill, sit-ups, free weights
  • Wednesdays: 4-mile run
  • Thursdays: treadmill, sit-ups, free weights
  • Fridays: 4-mile run
  • Saturdays: golf
  • Sunday Mornings: increasing long runs

Only 159 days until race day…DK

Edited to add: Registered online 4/26 at 12:01am.