8 weeks to DC. Last week was a good great week. The kind of week that makes you think you’ve cracked this running thing, that all the bleeding nipples, sweat and tears have been worth …
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The Anatomy of a Great Week
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Across the 50-yard line
Half-way to DC I have now happily blown past the official half-way point in my 18 week journey to the Marine Corps Marathon start line. The mid-point of any kind of project or activity (especially one …
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Happy feet
Week 7: Putting a new spring in my step on the road to DC Growing up as I did with three sisters, and now being the proud father of three daughters, I am well versed in …
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Old enough to run better
Week 6: Drinking from the fountain of youth on the road to DC. I’m going to start this post with a (true) story. One of the truly greatest memories of my running life to date …
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Solid and unspectacular.
Week 4: Establishing the ground game on the road to the Marine Corps Marathon. I’m now almost 25% of the way through my training for DC, and now seemed as good a time as any …
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How soon is now?*
Week 3: Getting inspired on the road to the Marine Corps Marathon What a great morning I had today. For six years my long suffering wife Jo, a runner’s widow by any measure, has tracked …
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A happy place…
A summer morning, an empty and shady trail, miles of easy running with nothing but my music and thoughts for company. Life is good. I hope you are able to find a few minutes every day to …
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Hot in the city
Week 2 – waking up early on the road to the Marine Corps Marathon For pretty much the whole time since I took up running I’ve been (with the general exception of my weekend long …
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Beginning Again
Week 1: Starting out on the road to the Marine Corps Marathon I’ve found myself agreeing these past couple of weeks with the theory that you cannot start to train for your next race, until …
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Groundhog Day
Here we go again. Stress fracture redux. A little more than one year on from the last one, I find myself back at square one, stress fracture (or ‘reaction’ my physio likes to call it) …
Run me to the moon 