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Bayshore Marathon
I entered into Traverse City the day prior to Bayshore with a bit more anxiety and trepidation than I would have liked to have had, entirely thanks to the debacle that was Green Bay. Here’s a rough...
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Squantum 5
I think I’ll just lightly modify what I put over on daily mile about tonight’s race, the Squantum 5. Just to put it out there, I’m a little disappointed with the outcome tonight. This was a shorter...
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Mad Marathon
So let’s see. A bit of a 2012 Mad Marathon recap before it fades. I woke at 3:30am after minimal sleep for ceremonial pre-race rituals. PB&J + iced coffee from my new travel cooler (love it). At...
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Newport Marathon
One day shy of the one year anniversary of my run at the Baltimore Running Festival, I found myself in the state of my birth running the Amica Newport Marathon. I’ve been looking forward to this since...
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Livestrong! Austin Marathon
Texas was colder than I thought it would be. I did not bring a long sleeve shirt with me – clearly this was a mistake. I’m down here to run the Austin Marathon – following, a brief recap. Woke at 2am....
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Eastern States 20
I came up to Portsmouth for the Eastern States 20, another Boston prep race. I haven’t done this particular race before, but in years past it’s been run from Kittery Maine down to Salisbury Mass. Since...
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Struggling with the parameters and the basic construction of my feet
Unlike most of the races I do, the Country Music Marathon in Nashville was on a Saturday. Maybe it’s a Southern church thing, I don’t know. Its certainly not to help coordinate with other regional...
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I gotta get a move on, before the sun
A few notes on the 2013 New Jersey marathon. YJP & I drove up from Balitmore, arriving in New Jersey on Saturday for the expo, which was located at horse race track (Monmouth Park). Saturday was...
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You are what you love, and not what loves you back
My first Run to Remember! Pre-race: Drove down to the North End and was able to park easily on Hanover St. Met up with Team HB, hondo & I walked over to the Seaport. The expo hall was crazy crowded...
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Hold on brother there’s a light up ahead
A brief recap of this weekend’s TARC 50. I’ve been pretty excited about this for some weeks. My first attempt at an ultramarathon. I decided to take the day off work on Friday to finish getting ready....
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Easy like Sunday morning
YJP & I drove down to Easton Sunday early (6am-ish) for this week’s race, the Narragansett Summer Running Festival half-marathon. We got there early for packet pickup, walked around a bit, hoofed...
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Cover me in rag and bones, sympathy.
A not-so-quick recap of yesterday’s TARC Summer Classic 50K. I signed up for this race after my DNF at the TARC 50 miler two months ago. The Summer Classic was actually sold out but I put myself on...
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Hum something to yourself for luck
This week’s mileage was pretty stiff & clunky. Last week’s race did a number of my body, primarily in my right ankle, but other random foot-parts were sore as well. I did one longish run on...
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Get over your hill and see what you find there.
My parents & I decided to drive up early to Bristol, NH for the New Hampshire Marathon as it had a relatively late start (9am) and there aren’t a lot of cheap hotel options near the host city. It’s...
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All I want is to be a happy man
A bit of a Chicago Marathon race report for you. Last spring I got into the Chicago Marathon by sheer luck, just before their servers crashed, before they stopped registration, before they instituted...
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Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
This weekend found me in deepest, darkest Columbus Ohio for my 3rd marathon of the month. I took the week between this race and Chicago off from work, and managed to fill my time visiting Sean &...
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What did I learn? It’s not that easy.
Some notes on today’s Marine Corps Marathon. I’ve been excited about this race for a long time, months, since I decided to run it. But honestly at the tail end of this month, it’s been a little bit in...
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Run, baby, run, until it all goes numb
I’ve wanted to do a double marathon since October 2012 (when my original New Hampshire/Maine plan was foiled by gravity and shitty ankle ligaments). This weekend, I finally got it done. I’ve tried...
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Tokyo Marathon 2014
Tokyo Marathon race recap! This may go on a bit as I tend to ramble. Flight to Tokyo was interesting – a long non-stop from Boston on the Japan Air 787 Dreamliner. The trippy thing was the sun out my...
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Paying my dues to the dirt
Briefly, some notes on this weekend’s Wrightsville Beach Marathon. I took a short hop from Boston down to Raleigh-Durham early Saturday morning, meeting up with YJP & Turtle at the airport. It...
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