I’m awarding myself a polite golf clap today for achieving a small personal milestone, passing 2,000 miles of running for the year. My previous annual best total was 1,402 miles in 2012, so to blow past that …
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MY2K
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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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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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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 …
Run me to the moon 