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Tomorrow I run my first 50K. Only 8 years old, the Mt Cheaha 50K is fast gaining a reputation as one of the more challenging races in the Southeast. Highly technical trails, including loose round stones for a 3-4 mile section of the course, a one mile climb up “Blue Hell” at mile 28,…
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I’ve registered for a 50K in February: the Cheaha 50K. To that end, I’ve started running on the trails and will do a few long runs on the race course itself. I’m excited about this race and trail running. Anything new and different adds excitement, and trail running culture seems kinda cool after spending so…
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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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I’m running the California International Marathon (CIM) on December 2 this year. This will be my 8th marathon, and I’ve decided to push my weekly mileage a bit higher than usual. In marathon cycles past I’ve run 4 days a week and peaked at around 60 miles. This year, after a lengthy layoff from marathoning…
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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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My baby boy is 11 today. Goodness where did the time go!? This is my baby. And now he is a PRETEEN! Here’s the crazy and great and wonderful thing about Hudson. He is a tough-as-nails kid who will give you all he has. But he has a heart for other people, a heart…
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I got some grief for not adding “content” on this link. So, go read this link. It is cool. Star NFL Player Arian Foster Goes on Vegan Diet, Calls Forks Over Knives a “Great Film”.
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Today my oldest son, Preston, turns 13. A teenager now, he is a bundle of hormones and craziness, with a changing mind and body. To be sure, he has ALWAYS been goofy. He is of my loins, after all. But as he enters the teen years I see in him all the classic pubescent hormonal…
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