It’s amazing what even a short session of trail running can do to clear your mind. Friday night was rough. My daughter woke up screaming in the middle of the night, and I didn’t get solid rest. So instead of waking up super early and checking off my planned long run, I stayed in bed […]
Is it possible to become a morning person?
A glance to my right revealed the first rays of sunlight above the eastern horizon. Immediately I smiled and picked up my running pace slightly. Something about the witnessing the sun’s entrance into the day energizes me. There is a long, flat (mostly) road that runs through a future neighborhood just north of my house. […]
Nebraska Marathon — time to flush it and move along
Sometimes when a team has a bad game — a 40-point blowout loss or one with a high number of miscues and unforced errors — the head coach will either throw the game tape away or review it with his players and then immediately bury it (physically or metaphorically). Today I’m choosing that approach following a […]
2020 Boston Marathon — virtual, and very weird
The Boston Marathon is my No. 1 A race every single year I’m fortunate enough to qualify, get accepted, and run from Hopkinton to Boylston St. I knew the 2020 Boston Marathon would be my best race yet (I think that every year though). Instead, my 2020 Boston Marathon ended up taking place in Las […]
My Marathon Monday — right on Las Vegas, left on Fremont
Instead of turning right on Hereford and left on Boylston, I finished my solo Marathon Monday at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd. and Fremont Street. I’m not in Boston right now. And that’s OK. Back when the 2020 Boston Marathon was delayed (the announcement came two weeks into March, but many runners knew that […]
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