Um, we’ll get back to the title of this post in a while. Yes, this is in fact my race report for the 2012 Sugarloaf Marathon. After not getting into the 2012 Boston Marathon by a mere 33 seconds (a blessing in disguise in retrospect), I began searching for a marathon that could get me [...]
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Dear B.A.A…
Posted in boston marathon, race recap, racing, Uncategorized, tagged boston marathon, Boston Qualifier, BQ, race recap, race report, running, Sugarloaf Marathon on May 22, 2012 | 9 Comments »
1 Goal – Convergence (Boston Marathon 2012 – Part II)
Posted in boston marathon, tagged boston marathon, charity runner, dana-farber, marathon, pace, the closer on April 23, 2012 | 5 Comments »
What follows is a convergence of both Lynda’s and my writing – mine will be in italics. *** *** *** I arrive at my designated spot early. I don’t want to be the guy who promised to run someone in over the last 10 miles and then NOT be there. I find a spot just [...]
2 Roads…Boston Marathon 2012 (Part I)
Posted in boston marathon, tagged boston marathon, boston marathon 2012, race report, running on April 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
4:30AM – I imagine that many are already up, awake after a sleepless night. They are stumbling about their homes or hotel rooms, checking, double checking, triple checking their gear for the day. I am asleep. 5:30AM – Somewhat bleary-eyed, but full of excitement, thousands head for the buses at the Boston Commons. As sleepy [...]
The Road to Boston…
Posted in boston marathon, tagged boston marathon, jealousy, running, Sugarloaf Marathon, training on April 11, 2012 | 7 Comments »
…goes through Sugarloaf – at least for me. 5 days until one of the greatest annual road races takes place. After traveling from all over the world, thousands will take the slow, what feels like forever bus ride from the Boston Commons to the town of Hopkinton, where they will wait – wait for their [...]
Progress – the Quincy Half Marathon
Posted in boston marathon, race recap, racing, training, tagged boston marathon, BQ, cross training, first marathon training program, Furman FIRST, Half-Marathon, incremental improvement, marathon training, marathon training program, Pfitz, Quincy Half Marathon, race recap, race report, step in the right direction, Sugarloaf Marathon on March 30, 2012 | 6 Comments »
I remember way back in high school when I would get up in the mornings before a big test – I’d be a little nervous, wondering if I had studied what I had needed to, wondering if I’d remember anything… …that’s how I felt two Sundays ago when I woke up before the Quincy Half [...]
Changing Horses
Posted in motivation, boston marathon, training, tagged boston marathon, running, training, Sugarloaf, changing horses, midstream, dance with the one that brought you, stay the course, Pfitz, Advanced, Furman FIRST on March 1, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Stay the course… Don’t change horses midstream… Dance with the one that brought you… *** On October 3rd, 2010, I ran the fastest 26.2 miles of my life. My 3:19:19 at the Smuttynose Marathon qualified me for Boston 2011 and at least got me in the registration door for Boston 2012 (though ultimately I fell [...]
Spark
Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged Boston, BQ, highs, lows, marathon training, motivation, running, spark, Sugarloaf, training on February 28, 2012 | 9 Comments »
On Saturday afternoon, after getting the refrigerator working again and half fixing a half-broken washing machine, I finally got out for a run. The temperatures were in the low 40′s but the 20 to 40 mph winds were making it feel much, much colder. Over the course of 8 miles I felt like I was [...]
I am not Tim Pawlenty
Posted in boston marathon, motivation, training, tagged finish line, iowa straw poll, lactate threshold, marathon pace, marathon training, quitting, running, Sugarloaf Marathon, Tim Pawlenty on January 18, 2012 | 7 Comments »
If you don’t follow politics at all, you may not know who Tim Pawlenty is. He is a former governor of the state of Minnesota who decided to run for President. He was part of the large field of Republican candidates who were vying for their party’s nomination. Last summer, after finishing a distant 3rd [...]
Freedom
Posted in boston marathon, tagged "33", boston marathon, BQ, Freedom on September 27, 2011 | 16 Comments »
33. No, not the mysterious number that appears on bottles of Rolling Rock beer; I’m talking seconds. Yes, 33 seconds. Yesterday I was informed by the BAA that my BQ time of 3:19:19 was 33 seconds short (long?) of what became the actual Boston Marathon cut off. Maybe they should have changed 3:20:59 from BQ [...]
Wait and See
Posted in boston marathon, tagged Boston 2012, boston marathon, registration on September 19, 2011 | 11 Comments »
This morning at 10AM I did what as many as 10,000 other marathoners did or will do this week. Along with all of the other Boston Qualifiers that qualified with less than a 5 minute cushion, I submitted my registration application to the B.A.A. for the 2012 Boston Marathon. With a cushion of a mere [...]
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