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Long Run Paces for Marathon Training I’m going to hit this topic again because I keep getting asked this question and it seems there may be some misunderstanding around it. Typically the question is ‘how fast should I run my long run in my marathon training plan’ and, as we discussed before the answer is …
Running in ‘swing season’. At the office complex I work in, when I’m in town and feel like going in, they recently sent a memo about the vagaries of ‘swing season’. They told us that the building management industry has a challenge this time of year when it can be frosty in the mornings and …
The Dark Place at Middle Age We hold this truth to be self evident; if you want to achieve a worthwhile goal you have to do the work. In 1997 I ran my first marathon. I was 34. Three months later I ran my second marathon and qualified for Boston. What separated the first from …
How do you know when it’s time to walk away from a workout? I had an interesting week in that at least one of my workouts did not go as well as I thought it would and I had to walk away. This led me to think about the rationale I use for quitting. When …
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Running in the city One of the cool things about my new job working in downtown Boston is the running. We are fortunate to have a nice, big, well appointed health club in my building specifically for the people who work in the building. I can lift weights and do yoga and even use the …
