This is one of the toughest race reports I’ve written. I ran the Cascade Express marathon on September 7, a race capping 12 solid weeks of training. The temperature at the starting line was far too warm. I struggle in races and general training in hot weather, so I struggled for most of the 26.2 […]
Boston Beard 2024 week 8 — when challenges come, how will I choose to show up?
Marathon training is never perfect. It is never linear progress, and there are always difficult moments and bad weeks. For me, week eight of my buildup to September’s Boston qualifier attempt could have defeated me. The downward spiral started when I woke up Monday night coughing. So I didn’t make my track workout Tuesday morning. […]
2023 wrap-up — floating along for another year
Massive waves crashed into the beach as I ran along California Highway 101 this morning. With each step I thought back to 2016 and 2017 when I lived in southern California and ran those same miles daily. While running, I stared at the horizon and reminisced on how to write a 2023 wrap-up. I’ve floated […]
Looking back at 2020, a year of growth amid uncertainty
I snapped this picture at the start of summer. Red Rock Canyon’s scenic drive, along with my favorite trailheads, were closed down. It is a fitting 2020 image. Looking back at 2020 I scraped a layer of skin off the top of my right hand a few days before Christmas. It wasn’t a big deal, […]
Running in frigid cold, wind, and ice — no excuses and no complaints
New Year’s resolutions are notoriously hard to keep. The gym crowd thinning by mid February has become a running joke (pun intended). I haven’t had many issues following my physical running resolutions in the past few years. But this year I added a goal that could be quite tough to reach. No complaining about the […]
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