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Running in the super-cold Surviving the polar vortex Each year in New England we get a couple extraordinarily cold winter days. Many choose to stay indoors and either skip their runs or ply their miles on the treadmill. I run and race outdoors through these cold times. I am of the opinion that there is …
BayState Half Marathon 2019 Reduction and redemption Many times we have said to friends about running a qualifying marathon, “It’s all mental”. But that’s the truth with any physical act. Getting out of bed in the morning is mental. Walking up the stairs is mental. Climbing out of your car is mental. It’s a throw …
Some thoughts on how to recover mentally and physically from a training cycle. Those of you who have hung out with me over the last 20 years or so know that I’m always training for something. But there are these periods between training cycles where I get lost. I’m a terrible person to be around …
Small kindnesses. The magnitude of the gift is amplified by the situation of the recipient. I was hiking on Monday and I overheard two ladies who were hiking in the same direction. One was telling the other about an incident in a race where the spectator support had made a big difference, had made her …
100 Miler Training – The last big week I finished up my last big week of training last weekend. That’s it. I’m in my taper for the race on the 27th. That gives me a 3-week recovery before the race. The weekend was the biggest mileage and hours on the trail weekend in my life. …
