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The unexpected Epic-ness of the Hood to Coast Relay 2015 Just when you think you can’t learn any more… Do we start this story with me head down, fighting hard into a 70 mph head wind in the driving rain? Screaming curses like a mad man into the void? Or do we start with how …
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Keeping fit with simple exercises Since I’ve been not running over the last few months I have had to figure out how to stay fit by other means. This has given me the leeway to experiment with different combinations of exercises and I have learned some things. The first thing I have been playing with …
Fitness apps We live in a world filled with apps. I bet there is an app that would write this article about apps for me. What’s an app? ‘Apps’ is short for application. Application is a chunk of software that does something. We are taking a software program and applying it to some task. In …
The Maine Marathon Where scatterbrains meet racing Sometimes I lose site of the calendar. Especially when I’m working hard and focused on something. I don’t lift my head up to look around and re-set. My brain works well with approximations. That’s why I get lost in the trails so often. I run by feel and …
What’s the impact of extra weight on your race times? Weight loss and running I was asked by our friend Paula to share my thoughts on the impact of weight loss on running. I think there is an obvious correlation between weight and speed. At the simplest level it’s purely Newtonian physics. It takes more …
