SUPERHEROES LIVE AMONG US, particularly in the running community. They aren't usually noticed because they don't get (or seek) a lot of publicity. The challenges they undertake are generally personal, and it's easy to mistake them for ordinary mortals. When I'd planned my 2012 year-long celebration of turning 50, with its associated events and challenges, …
SO HOW COLD WAS IT OUT THERE TODAY? I saw Eskimos at the warming station. Lame. Try again. Uhhh....the South Polar Station sent blankets to us. Meh. Give me something really wild. It was so cold out that Jeff did his run today on a treadmill. Wow. Now that's cold. I'm no stranger to running …
AM I IN TROUBLE WITH GOD? Today was my first run since completing the Run Woodstock Weekend Challenge last Sunday. Kept it short at 8.7 miles, which felt good but enough, plus I needed to save energy for an Aikido clinic this afternoon. Anyway, it put my running distance for the year at exactly 666 …
Continue reading Woodstock, continued – A Fall, A Call, and A Stall
"SO WHAT TIME ARE YOU TRYING FOR?" some people asked me on Friday, referring to my 50K run the next day. This being my first ultra, I had no idea. But adjusting my average marathon time for another 6 miles, I came up with a SWAG (*). "Oh, around five hours," I said. Oh, the naivete …
Continue reading Woodstock, Day 2: Muddy Shoes and Iron Legs
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