Last month’s North Country Trail 50K was a reversal in my usual race routine: I ran an ultra as a fun break in my regular training. This year I’m working on getting faster, and frankly it’s been a struggle after three years of training to “go long” so I looked forward to this 50K as …
No Sugar Tonight: Two Very Different Experiences
IT BEGAN WITH A STOMACHACHE. I was working at a recent race, managing the Zero Waste program as usual. This is a very active job – lifting, moving things around and such, but mainly a lot of walking from place to place. And as typically happens at such races, I got hungry, early and often. …
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Yes, I’m Aware that I’m Not Aware
Years ago, I was out on a Saturday morning club run. Among the runners that day was my instructor from the Running 101 class I’d taken the previous year. That class got me into running regularly, and resulted in my first half marathon. She looked at me as I passed. “You’re doing great!” she said. …
It’s Sad, and So Damn Pointless
Running is usually such a positive and uplifting sport that the occasional sad story gets, I think, an unusual amount of attention. Not just in the running community, but even in the national news. In the “sad” category I include runners who die during an event, or leave us too early due to disease (R.I.P., …
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