A friend and his wife are the happy parents of two brand spanking new twin boys, born premature (but otherwise healthy, it seems) this week. Their quest for parenthood was taken up despite some very long odds, and it brought with it a great deal of effort, expense, risk and loss along the way. These [...]
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Jonathan ordered some new clothes from an outfit called Back Country. Nothing elaborate: a couple of tee shirts, some corduroy trousers and a fleece top. He ordered everything in size Small. Now, while this isn’t Holland, where the people are large (and I don’t mean fat — just large), this is still America, where our [...]
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I originally wrote a beautifully worded and utterly fascinating post for this week. But then WordPress failed to autosave it and it’s gone forever. So the clumsy, awkward presentation that follows will have to suffice. I ran a shade under 90 miles this week and it feels quite natural to do so. To be fair, [...]
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Tuesday’s run sucked. Today’s was much better. Despite terrible wind for half of each lap, I did my planned 8 x 800m intervals and even — yes, this is nearly impossible to believe — enjoyed them in some odd, sick way. They were hard, and they were anywhere from 1-15 seconds slower than planned. But [...]
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No matter how often I remind myself that tempo runs are supposed to be uncomfortable and challenging, I am always struck by the same particular brand of awfulness that defines every tempo effort. Today I had a 4.5 mile tempo run tacked onto the end of a 9.5 general aerobic run. My legs were tired [...]
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This was a good week. I’m going to try to make this short because: I’m enjoying some red wine and it’s apt to take a toll on my writing and typing ability shortly I’m roasting a chicken, which requires frequent attention, and — when combined with the wine — one major responsibility is about all [...]
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My groin/leg thing is still an issue, which is sort of amazing. Or maybe not so amazing, since I give it a rest for a day or two and then whale on it again with a race or hard workout. I’m reminded of when I was training for my very first marathon, a five month [...]
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If you feel like eating, eat. Let your body tell you what it wants. – Joan Benoit Samuelson Or rather, run and eat. A little over a year ago, when I started training in earnest for my third marathon, I began to notice a shift in my relationship to food. Namely, I became aware of [...]
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My dad’s in town for the next week or so and last night we went in and met up for dinner. Over a meal and a nice bottle of wine, after discussing the stimulous package, the Madoff ponzi scheme and our upcoming trip to Oregon, the conversation turned to running (as so often happens). More [...]
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Doug Logan and Carl Lewis make waves in the wake of the numerous 2008 Olympic disasters.
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