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I’ve Missed the Sweat
You can ski, you can swim, you can get on your bike and cycle for miles, you can lift weights. You can do all that, but does anyone really sweat with those activities the way we sweat with running?...
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One (3,300 mile) Run for Boston Relay Approaching PA
Shortly after hearing of the Boston Marathon bombing, three Brits who happen to know a little something about organizing mammoth events hatched a plan for a fundraising relay run across America. The...
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5Ks and Independence Day – Perfect Together
No shirts in my size, so this gentleman agreed to a photo. Thanks! Warming up on a side street July 4th morning, I wondered how many 5Ks were being held across the country that very morning. I love...
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Gansett Makes a Marathon Move To Fall 2013
I’ve found a reason to write about my 2011 Gansett Marathon. This Narragansett RI race has announced a move of their marathon from April to October 26, 2013. Now, I know it’s August and most...
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Plein Air Summer in the Laurentians
A respite in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains easily wrapped the beautiful outdoors around this willing traveler. Running was easily meshed with good food to satisfy a runner’s body and palate, outdoor...
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Can Route 66 be Revisited? Oh Yeah, Let’s Run It
It’s good to have a goal. Goals help us work toward an achievement and leave us with a sense of celebration. It’s also fun to tie a goal to a significant event in life. I can’t remember how I have...
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USATF Masters Championship 5K
Funny thing about running, new experiences can occur after decades of racing the same distance. Running a weekend 5K generally isn’t noteworthy. Last weekend’s Syracuse Festival of Races was for me –...
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Farewell Joy Johnson
Credit: Jonathan Sprague for the Wall Street Journal Joy Johnson. As I read the news from the New York City Marathon, the name was familiar. I pulled out the basket holding treasured hard copy...
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Lost in Amsterdam
To avoid the Capital 10-Miler post-race wrap-up chores, I’m indulging in wanderlust. Helped along in that quest by Cirsten’s blog, My Writers Block, where she explores the history of Amsterdam’s...
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The Power of ‘Thank You’
Over breakfast recently with my friend Maura, she mentioned there are times she sends hand-written thank you notes. This is a younger friend, a technology and public relations professional who can...
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Senior Runner Records Falling
So what were your running accomplishments in 2015? As the calendar year turned over, I asked myself that question. Reflecting on some personal running goals accomplished, I looked around to see what my...
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Pining for the Trail
On these beautiful early Spring days, I’m longing to be leaving a trailhead and moving through soft dirt, rocks and roots. That I am longing for trail rather than running trail is due to my earlier...
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2016 James Joyce Ramble Race Report
I’ve had my eye on the James Joyce Ramble 10K for awhile. With a USATF Master’s Championship designation, the words of James Joyce read at each turn of the course, and a mystery angel encouraging me...
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Acceptance – Boston Marathon 2016
Four weeks after Boston 2016 and I’m finally coming to acceptance that my days of finish times on the brighter side of 4:30 may be in the past. Having pondered and ruminated over disappointing Boston...
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Destination Marathon: Rhinebeck Hudson Valley Marathon
Let me say it upfront: the Rhinebeck Marathon sits in the top three of the most beautiful marathon courses I have run. Tucked neatly into the Hudson River Valley the town of Rhinebeck, New York is...
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A 10-Point Strategy to kicking back Post-Marathon
Seldom do I give advice, but for post-marathon days there is a process I believe is essential: Be moderately active, but as lazy as possible. Take for instance, my Chicago Marathon post-race day plan...
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Early Morning Runs Among the Homeless
We runners tend to have a rare view of the world. Most of us will have mornings where we are out the door and back while the household sleeps. Other times we are traveling, staying with friends and...
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7 GIFT IDEAS FOR SENIOR FITNESS FANATICS
Do you have a few blank spaces next to the names of friends and relatives who continue – or have begun – to pursue exercise or athletic endeavors in their senior years? My suggestions here focus on...
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One of the Canadian runners staying at my inn pretty much summed it up. “Absurd, just absurd.” 3 A.M. Hard rain has started in earnest, pounding on the metal roof outside my Back Bay window. I sleep...
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