Full stomach (of candy and Red Bull). Heat of the day. Not enough sleep the night before. I made so many choices leading up to last Thursday’s tempo run. And almost all of them set me up for a miserable run. During both 2-mile repeats of my workout all I thought about was my history […]
2024 Boston Beard: week 1
I don’t like the scratchy feeling of growing a beard, especially in the summer. Which is why it made complete sense to grow one as motivation back in 2013. I wanted to qualify for the Boston Marathon, and I wanted a daily reminder of my lofty goal. A hot, itchy, food mess gathering reminder. Eleven […]
2024 Boston Marathon — survive and choose happiness
Standing waiting to start the 2024 Boston Marathon, I felt a drop of sweat slide down my left arm. I should have known in that moment that it was going to be a rough day. I had moved back to corral seven to run with a group I knew only from Strava interactions. But they […]
Enjoying every moment of the 2022 Boston Marathon
I worried for most of the hours leading up to the 2022 Boston Marathon. This year was my fifth in-person Boston, but my it was my first time starting the race without having already run a qualifier for the next year. My brain focused on not having a 2023 BQ. With only one other race […]
Duke City Marathon, crossing off state No. 41 for a second time
In 2012 I ran the Duke City Marathon. I finished in 3:55 for my second sub 4 hour finish ever, and that’s when I decided I would try to run a sub 4 all 50 states. Fast forward to 2019, and I applied for membership in the 50 sub 4 club online. My submission came […]
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