It’s the last month or so before my goal race and, as typically happens, a host of physical issues are suddenly emerging on the horizon like thunderclouds only to recede just as quickly and mysteriously, having spared me from a soaking, or worse, a lightning strike. Where have I seen this before? Oh, right. During [...]
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This was by far one of my most enjoyable weeks of running in recent memory. I may not be as speedy as I’d like at this point, but I am becoming a stronger runner by the day, or so it seems. Even training with a dodgy hamstring, which was more a slightly worrying nuisance than [...]
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I just hooked this blog to something called NetworkedBlogs on Facebook. This post is a pointless waste of bytes, meant only to confirm that that hook-in is working. See? I wasted at least 20 seconds of your life just now. You’ll never get those back.
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This week was a planned recovery week, although it featured exceptionally low mileage due to lingering issues with my hamstring. Interestingly, after watching Paula Radcliffe drop off to fourth place due to a hamstring problem in today’s New York Marathon, I can understand how that happens. It’s possible to run with a problem hamstring, but [...]
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In honor of the throngs running the New York Marathon this morning, I offer up a couple of past posts. Last year I went out and watched the elites fly by (or not) at mile 20 in the Bronx. Then, in April, I followed a couple of runners as they took on the hills of [...]
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