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The Boston Problem Almost every year for the last two decades I have run the Boston Marathon. I’ve grown up and grown older as Boston evolved. From the early days as race for a small number of club elites and professionals to today’s strange monster of a city race trying to hang on to it’s …
2010 Wilderness 101 Race Report “The hardest thing I’ve ever done.” On Saturday July 31st 2010 I rode and completed a 101 mile ultra mountain bike race in central Pennsylvania with my buddies Dan and Tom. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done – Mostly because I didn’t train well enough and largely because …
The cold ride Getting outdoors on the road bike in the winter Last Saturday the temperature was predicted to rise into the 40’s. In February in New England that is hot! I had a long ride scheduled and thought it would save my soul to get out on the roads and off the evil trainer. …
How to rekindle your love for your sport in the apocalypse I admit to being a bit lost. With no physical events on the calendar and nothing to train for. We find ourselves treading water. It’s late, it’s dark, it’s cold. Why should I get dressed up and go battle the trails? Just to wheeze …
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For the Ultra-Curious What to do next? So you want to run an ultra-marathon. You listen to a podcast and the stories that those ultra-runners tell are great adventures. These are worthy things that can be attempted. And they assure you that all this ultra-stuff is really no big deal. Anybody can do it. And …
