I WALKED AROUND WITH A GLOW OF SATISFACTION. I had just won a race - a 5K trail race, as I recall - and I was trying to figure out how much to brag about it and to whom. Wouldn't do to be overly immodest, after all. Then I felt something nudge my head. My …
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From Couch Potato to Hustler
POP QUIZ: What's the hardest thing for a runner to do? (Hint: It isn't running fast, or running long.) ANSWER: Nothing. That is, the hardest thing an active guy like me can do is be inactive. And just how hard it is manifested itself today. Now, the term "active" can mean more than lacing up …
Back to the Marathon!
WELL, THE BUG FINALLY BIT ME. The Boston Marathon bug, that is. Now wait a minute, I hear you say. Isn't the Boston Marathon the ultimate goal of every runner? How can you not have run it by now? Yes, it may be hard to believe, but up until now I had no desire to …
Richmond 13.1: The Other 60 Percent
One week before the Nov. 14 American Family Fitness half marathon in Richmond, I went out for my regular Saturday group run. Since I was tapering, I kept it to ten miles at a moderate pace. On Sunday I knew I was in trouble. The run had taken more out of me than usual. I …
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