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Rupert

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, Vibram Five Fingers, tagged , , , , , , on April 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

When we run races, we all use a variety of methods to keep us focused and moving.  Sometimes it’s a mantra, like the one I used last February at the Super Sunday 5K/10K.  Sometimes it’s keeping someone in mind who has inspired us.  Sometimes it’s the crowd that pushes us on (Women of Wellesley, you [...]

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Am I Really Doing This?

Posted in motivation, Odd Ball, tagged , , , on April 27, 2010 | 18 Comments »

I mean, seriously? 2 marathons in 2 weeks? Really?!? A lot of my friends, particularly the experienced marathoners, and of those, specifically the crazy ones (Brooke, Erica you know I mean that in the nicest way), are calling me crazy. They’re looking at me and shaking their heads, thinking that this is not a good [...]

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Boston 2010

Posted in boston marathon, race recap, tagged , on April 22, 2010 | 36 Comments »

So on Monday I ran the 114th Boston Marathon. It was like no other race I have ever run before – one that may not have ended as I had hoped but was a fantastic adventure nonetheless. I could start with my 5:15 wake up, my hurried breakfast and shower, my nervous drive to the [...]

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Who Won Boston Last Year?

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , on April 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

On the eve of the 114th Boston Marathon, I thought it would be fun to pull this post out from last December.  Hope you find the humor and motivation in it. I did! …I finished with a world record shattering time of 1:59:59. The first sub-2 hour marathon in history…AND I did it in my [...]

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I Can’t Wait

Posted in boston marathon on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A little Double-Dip today. In anticipation of the Boston Marathon, my buddy Pete asked me to put something together for the dailymile community blog. You can find it —>HERE<—.

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Hope

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , on April 16, 2010 | 7 Comments »

With 3 days to go, I am filled with all kinds of hope. I hope that I get to meet a lot of the friends I’ve made through dailymile and Twitter tomorrow at the get together that has been planned post bib pick up. I hope that they like me. I hope that I like [...]

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Faith

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , , on April 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »

It is the flip side of doubt. Faith comes in many forms. Faith can be used for good. Faith can be used for evil. Faith scares me. Faith inspires me. I am by no means a religious man. I believe in a higher power, but the blind faith S/He inspires sometimes frightens me. *** But [...]

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Believe

Posted in boston marathon, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. -Norman Vincent Peale 5 days to Boston. I believe.

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“Act As If…”

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2010 | 9 Comments »

Last week I picked up the latest issue of Running Times. There was a short article entitled Being in the Moment by Tamara Rice Lave that really struck a chord with me.  The main gist of it was that as runners we should “shut down your brain and just believe”. The part that really grabbed [...]

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Doubt

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , , , on April 9, 2010 | 18 Comments »

10 days. 10 days ’til Boston – and doubt has started to creep in. I have to remind myself that I have finished a marathon.  It wasn’t pretty, but I did. The thing is, it’s not the finishing that has become the constant occupier of my thoughts.  It is the how.  I have no doubt [...]

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