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Archive for September, 2010

The Power of Many

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, racing, training, tagged , , , on September 30, 2010 | 16 Comments »

In a few days I will be traveling up to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire to run the Smuttynose Rockfest Marathon. I have worked hard this summer, following a proven plan, hoping that it will translate into a Boston Qualifying time. During this week I have actually been surprisingly unfidgety with my taper. In previous marathons [...]

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No Longer Waiting for Greatness

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, training, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 27, 2010 | 16 Comments »

Since 1992 I have been waiting. Waiting for what you say? I can’t specifically say. To be discovered? To be handed fame and fortune? To win the lottery? I have been waiting. As a youngster, I always felt I was destined for something big, but I never did anything about it. In 1992 I said [...]

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Glio Blast Off 5K

Posted in race recap, tagged , , on September 23, 2010 | 15 Comments »

The training schedule I’ve been following for the Smuttynose Marathon called for an 8-10K race this past Saturday. The idea being that running a race this close to the actual goal race would help me work through any pre-race jitters. The problem was that local race directors didn’t get the memo that I was in [...]

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Walking Before Running

Posted in New York City Marathon, other, tagged , , , on September 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Many of you know that I am running the 2010 ING New York City Marathon on November 7th. I will be able to do so because a great number of you helped me raise the required funds for Autism Speaks to get me there as a charity runner. Through your generosity I have raised over [...]

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Sliding Doors

Posted in health, motivation, Physics, tagged , , , on September 16, 2010 | 16 Comments »

I never saw the movie Sliding Doors. If I had, maybe I wouldn’t be writing this post. For those that have never heard of it, the plot of the movie centers around the two possible lives a woman may have had depending on whether she made it on to a subway car or not on [...]

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Lex’s Run (My First 5K)

Posted in race recap, tagged , , on September 14, 2010 | 10 Comments »

I’m looking around at the crowd of runners gathering at the start of Lex’s Run for MDA. Like any race, there is a wide variety of runners. Every shape, size and age is represented. There are about 75 of us milling about. I’m looking to see who I think the lead runners will be. There’s [...]

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I Won’t Forget

Posted in motivation, other, tagged , , , , on September 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »

On this day, Run to honor those whose feet no longer touch the earth, And now run with angels.

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Get Your Jurek On

Posted in other, tagged , , , , on September 10, 2010 | 12 Comments »

Be excellent to each other. -Bill S. Preston, Esq. You may or may not have heard of Scott Jurek. He is, in some people’s eyes (including mine), a running god – a world-class ultra-distance runner, who wins. He won the Western States 100 an incredible 7 consecutive times. He plays a big role in the [...]

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When running on the treadmill (this week’s poll)

Posted in other, tagged , on September 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »

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Own It

Posted in diet, health, tagged , , on September 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »

I’m sitting in the audience of a stage production Katie’s camp is doing. For the past two summers, Katie has attended a 3 week drama camp and simply loved it. The productions have been what you would expect from a 3 week summer camp, attended by kids ranging in age from 7 – 18. It [...]

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