Down in a hole. The rhythm of those words sank into my running cadence as I looked around at gray skies. Down, in, a, hole. One, two, three, four. The song is from Alice in Chains, and I don’t know if I’ve listened to it in the past five years. Yet, I couldn’t shake free […]
Cap City Half Marathon: a tough day at a great race
A week later, I’m just now writing my Cap City Half Marathon race review. A chest cold knocked me down for the past seven days, time which has all been spent either working, sleeping, or coughing. I haven’t run since last Sunday (my eight-month run streak ended), but I wanted to spend some time to […]
2018 Boston Marathon — through the wind and rain
It finished like it started — with me shivering. Fifteen minutes after finishing the 2018 Boston Marathon, I was laying on the floor of my hotel room shaking. Halfway hypothermic and halfway overcome emotionally. I was rocked by tearless sobs. Nothing left to give. Everything I had emotionally and physically was still out on the […]
2018 Mesa-Phoenix Marathon — a good day in the desert
For three straight years I’ve travelled to Arizona in February for the Mesa-Phoenix Marathon. And for three straight years the race has delivered a shiny new PR. While I’ve never lived in Arizona, I feel like this event is my hometown race. Mesa-Phoenix Marathon is the first race I’ve run more than twice. At this […]
Making 2018 the year of focus — who wants to join me?
January might be my favorite month. It has a lot of competition from flashy months like April (Boston Marathon), June (anniversary), November (Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday), and December (Christmas and my birthday). But January is the month of possibilities. January starts a new year full of potential. Each year I try to set a […]
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