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Archive for February, 2010

The Anchor

Posted in motivation, tagged , , , on February 25, 2010 | 11 Comments »

Why do I run. Question or statement? I’m not sure. Why don’t I NOT run? I know. Awful grammar, but I think it might be the more appropriate question. Why don’t I not run… Because when I don’t run, I physically feel like crap. Because when I don’t run, my mood turns dark. Because when [...]

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The Barber

Posted in boston marathon, Odd Ball, tagged , , , on February 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I used to go to this woman in the city to get my haircut. She had been taking care of my wife’s hair for a while and I hadn’t had any luck with the local suburban stylists (yes, I know, I just said I go to a stylist.). She was (is!) really good. She even [...]

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Exploring Captiva

Posted in motivation, training, tagged , , , on February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The nice thing about running is that you can take it almost anywhere. All you need are some shorts, a shirt (sometimes) and some shoes (if you run with them). Okay, if you’re a woman you may need a sports bra too, but I digress. You can run in the sun, the rain or even [...]

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Running with my Stomach

Posted in motivation, training, tagged , on February 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I was in the last few miles of a hard 8 mile run a couple of days ago when I felt my pace slipping and my form failing. I had just fought through a mile of heavy headwind, followed by a protected stretch, but I was now entering a spot where the wind was going [...]

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Redefinition

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, training, tagged , , on February 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Along the right side of this blog’s homepage is a list of my long-term running goals. They used to read as follows: 5K – 20:00 (PR – N/A) 10K – 43:00 (PR – 46:58) 1/2 Marathon – 1:35 (PR -1:40:47) Full Marathon – 3:20 (PR – 3:54:04) Within days of starting this blog I quickly [...]

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No Fear

Posted in race recap on February 8, 2010 | 13 Comments »

It started on Wednesday. I was a little nervous about the upcoming race. Energy was starting to build up. I wasn’t sure what to do. I sat down at the computer and started to make a playlist. There are people who love the music when they run and those that love the silence. I like [...]

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Pre-race Jitters

Posted in other, tagged , , on February 5, 2010 | 9 Comments »

I haven’t run a lot of races. Since hanging up the cleats in high school, I’ve run 4 races (a 10K, 2 half marathons and one full), and those 4 have been in the last 12 months. The funny thing is that I haven’t had too many jitters going into these races. I knew I wasn’t [...]

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Was it the shoes?

Posted in health, training, Vibram Five Fingers, tagged , , , , on February 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »

So lately I have been going back and forth between my VFF Treks and my old Brooks Defyance.  It’s due to a combination of things: the weather, the cold, the long treadmill runs.  I used to hate putting on my “regular” running shoes because, well, I hated them.  They’re heavy and I can’t feel anything [...]

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Persist

Posted in motivation, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2010 | 11 Comments »

How’s it going? It’s February 1st.  One month has passed since the new year. Still sticking with it?   Still strapping on the shoes and pounding out a few miles? I hope so. A few weeks a ago I was reading a variety of posts both lamenting and praising the “resolution runners” that were pouring [...]

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