The April 2011 Boston Marathon sold out last fall in about 8 hours, leaving may fast runners out of the race. (This compared with 10-weeks-to-sell-out period in 2010, the year I ran it.) In response, organizers have rolled out a plan to tighten the qualifying times and change to a rolling registration process based on [...]
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So the marathon was the Sunday before last, Oct. 18. Monday launched me into another extremely busy week at work, and it wasn’t until Friday night that I finally sat down to write a bit of a race report. Now it’s after nine p.m. on Monday night and I’m finally getting back to it. Basically, [...]
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Did my long run with a friend a few Saturday mornings ago. He’s also tapering for an upcoming marathon, and about half-way through the run, he asked, “you ever have psychological trouble with tapering?” I answered without thinking. “Last time, yeah, it was hard to bring myself to ease up on the miles without being [...]
I could not have asked for better day, or a better course, on which to run my first marathon, the Peak Performance Maine Marathon. The morning was clear and blue, about 45 degrees when I shed my fleece jacket and lined up for the start. With all the adrenalin and excitement, it felt perfect. We’d left [...]
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