It’s been about 8 months since I had to drop out of the Hyannis Marathon at mile 23 with an IT band so messed up I could barely limp. And it’s been about a year since I finished my first marathon, the Maine Marathon in Portland, at 3:19:25, euphoric despite being a bit shy of [...]
When I met Bill Rodgers at the expo the day before the Hyannis Marathon, he signed a poster for me and asked a few questions about my race plans, including, “which one are you running?” When I told him the marathon he looked at me very seriously, unsmiling, and said something along the lines of, [...]
Continue reading about Hyannis ends for me three miles before the finish
Another reason to look forward to Hyannis (just 31 days from now). According to a recent note from the race director, “This year we have two of road racings greatest ever ‘American Superstars’ attending as our special guest – 4 time Boston & New York Marathon winner Bill Rodgers & 1972 Olympic Marathon Gold Medal [...]
Continue reading about Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter to be at Hyannis
Recovering from this morning’s 19-miler (first five before the sun came up, ugh), with coffee and catching up on a week’s worth of posts from the various running blogs I follow, I noticed a trend: many stories about snow-running related tweaks or recurrences of old injuries, etc. It’s a catch 22 – running on the [...]
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