From a twinkle in my eye to a date in the diary. So with just a week to go to the 2018 Boston Marathon, and with training having turned to tapering, it seems as good …
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Boston on my mind – Part 1
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A Race Well Run
So the Marine Corps Marathon, my 11th race over 26.2 miles, is done, dusted and will go into the books as definitely one of my better and more enjoyable marathon experiences. For the record, my …
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OORAH!
T- 9 hours and counting on the road to DC and the Marine Corps Marathon. So this is it. A fitful few hours of sleep and I’ll be off to the start of my 11th …
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Staying the course
16 weeks down and 2 to go on the road to DC. Whenever I talk to non-runners about marathon running, one of the comments I almost invariably hear (other than “you’re crazy”), is “I could …
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A Small Personal Milestone
5 weeks to DC A small golf clap to myself for setting a new personal benchmark. I ran 61 miles in the past week, the first time ever that I’ve taken my weekly running total …
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The Anatomy of a Great Week
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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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 …
Run me to the moon 