I have been fortunate to maintain a pretty decent training program over the last several months. In this podcast, I talk a bit about my spring marathon plans.

Some links mentioned in the show:

Lower Potomac River Marathon (Maryland)

Jami's Blog: Runner For Good

Charlottesville (Virginia) Marathon

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I finished the Swinging Bridge 50k Trail Race on January 17, 2009. The temperature at the start was -1F. That's 33 degrees below the freezing mark. It was very cold. In this podcast, I share some thoughts on what the experience was like.

Some links mentioned in the show:

http://runningstupid.net/

http://runningfromthereaper.blogspot.com/

http://ultradad.podbean.com/

http://kelownagurltris.blogspot.com/

http://losttrailrunner.com/LostTrailRunner/LostTrailRunner.html

http://runningmomkkp.blogspot.com/

http://www.runningpodcasts.org/?page_id=3

Music by Tony Rice and U.S. Marine Band

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Tom Grant and I ran the Swinging Bridge 50K Trail Race on January 17, 2009 in Cumberland, Virginia.

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My longest race is looming on the horizon and it looks like the temperatures will be around the freezing mark most of the day. At least it will be dry. In this podcast, I contemplate running 50 kilometers and wrap up my training for the race with my new dog.

Some links mentioned in the show:

Running Stupid (All Day!) podcast

Hammer Nutrition

Talk of the Town (Ashland News)

Ashland Railroad Run 10K registration

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Is there any better way to start off a new year than with a long training run? In this podcast, I talk about my final training runs before the Swinging Bridge 50K in addition to expressing a little bit of self doubt.

Links mentioned in the show:

Dump Runners Club podcast

Trilogy Running podcast

Run Run Live podcast

Confessions of a Runner podcast

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