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A Break

Posted in boston marathon, other, training, tagged , , , , , , on August 19, 2011 | 24 Comments »

I have a friend.   I have only met him in the real world once.  He was a large part of why I was able to qualify for Boston back in October of last year – we carried each other for 15 miles.  On that day he missed qualifying for Boston by seconds.  As joyful as [...]

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Last Chance

Posted in boston marathon, racing, tagged , , , , , on August 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A few years ago I heard of a race called Last Chance for Boston.  It takes place in Dublin, Ohio and used to be billed as a marathoner’s last chance to qualify for Boston.  It seemed like a miserable endeavor to me – 26 laps around a 1 mile loop of an office park, just [...]

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Second Chance

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, training, tagged , , , , , on August 8, 2011 | 19 Comments »

I have taken a little over a week off from running.  During this week I’ve been able to process through what happened at the Around the Lake Marathon and begin to focus on what comes next. On the calender, my next big race is the Vermont 50 – a tough 50-miler through the mountains of [...]

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Discipline

Posted in boston marathon, training, tagged , , , on May 5, 2011 | 17 Comments »

As I continue to peel back the layers of what may have happened to me at Boston, something keeps nagging me. Looking back at my splits, I realize that early on I wasn’t on pace for a 3:15 marathon, or even a 3:10. Some of my splits, had I been able to maintain them would [...]

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The Dark Side

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, training on May 2, 2011 | 9 Comments »

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” -Yoda “You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.” “If you only knew the power of the Dark Side.” -Darth Vader Darth Vader, once the biggest bad-ass in [...]

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Boston 2011 – Lemonade

Posted in boston marathon, race recap, Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 24, 2011 | 38 Comments »

As I bolted out of the porta-potty, I thought, this is it! this is the moment! THIS is where all of the training kicks in!!! I looked up at the first of the Newton Hills almost with a smile. You. Are. Mine. I thought. I had been running along at a decent clip, averaging in [...]

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Disappointment

Posted in boston marathon, tagged , on April 22, 2011 | 12 Comments »

So as I sit here struggling to write my race recap of this year’s Boston Marathon, there is one word that keeps popping into my head. That word is disappointment. Now, before any of you start to feel sorry for me, let me clarify one thing – Disappointment is NOT a dirty word. Disappointment does [...]

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Working Title – At Least I Managed Goal E

Posted in boston marathon, race recap, tagged , on April 18, 2011 | 27 Comments »

So this one is going to take some processing time for me to fully wrap my brain around what happened to me. Suffice it to say, at 3:37, I did not achieve my ultimate goal of 3:10 or even beat my New York City Marathon time of 3:26. I thought I was ready. I thought [...]

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It’s Time

Posted in boston marathon, motivation, tagged , , , on April 18, 2011 | 11 Comments »

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop [...]

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796.45 Miles

Posted in boston marathon, rest, training, tagged , , on April 16, 2011 | 15 Comments »

So this is it. The training aspect of my 2011 Boston Marathon is done. This morning I ran an easy 4-miler. All that is left is 48 hours of rest and the 26.2 miles on Marathon Monday. What will happen? How will I do? I don’t know. It’s weird to think that the nearly 800 [...]

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