Category: Running & Thinking
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Read this: Sub Elite Runners Chase Improvement And then read this: In many ways marathoning is the modern version of Sisyphus and the stone. We try and try and train and train, and we hope that one day that stone stays at the top of the hill, but deep down, we know it won’t…perhaps…
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The Marine Corps Marathon means so much to so many. I hope this doesn’t happen http://www.runnersworld.com/races/shutdown-could-cancel-marine-corps-marathon
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It happens every summer. I tell myself I’ll remember what heat and humidity do to me. I remind myself of the physiological benefits of running in this Alabama climate. I say to myself, “hang on, because once fall temps and humidity levels arrive, you will feel supreme!” But it never fails. I forget all these…
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I have yet to run Boston. So this isn’t a marathon hat. But it represents the BAA and it reminds me of a dream. I wear it today for Boston
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Wearing a race shirt and some of my favorite running shoes today. For Boston
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Got a comment from a reader of the blog asking if I was in Boston today and if I was ok. It is pretty well known my deep desire to BQ one day. I was not in Boston, still trying to BQ. So all is well. And I’m touched by your concern. More important, those…
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I’m in the heart of my marathon taper, and besides feeling incredibly fat and lazy, I also realize that taper is a necessary and vital part of marathon training. As important as the weekend long run, taper is the time where all that hard work from the last few weeks sets in and pays off…
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This is my opinion. Mine only. I have no stake in this decision whether they hold the race or not. But we are faced with an ethical and moral dilemma. Does the race go on and show, as Mary Wittenberg has tweeted, “the vitality & spirit of NYC”? Or does the NYRR focus on assisting…
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As October comes to a close and I can now catch a glimpse of the beginning of the end of my 8th marathon training cycle, I want to celebrate my biggest running month since I started this crazy sport. As I’ve written before, I am increasing my weekly mileage for CIM on the idea (well…
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Man, I missed it. I missed long runs early in the morning. The crazy sleepy I have as I rise at 4:15 each day. The quiet dark and solitude of only me and the road as I start running. And the great feeling I have in doing 9-12 miles before 7 AM each day. The feeling…
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It’s been a while. About two years, to be exact, since I finished a race or a workout and felt that moment of triumph, joy, relief, accomplishment, so much that I weep and sob. I was in the middle of a 3-hour bike ride yesterday and listening to the end of Chrissie Welligton’s book…
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