20 seconds. In the end, it came down to that little. Less than two seconds a man for the 12 men, all over 40 years old, who ran on Captain John’s New Hampshire Athletic Alliance super master’s division team Sept. 16 and 17 at Reach the Beach. We ran from Cannon Mountain to Hampton Beach, [...]
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Twitter and Facebook were abuzz this week with a story on NYTimes.com “Non-alcoholic beer aids marathon recovery.” Cute story that followed up on the positive effects of polyphenols in workout recovery. Problem is, the lead paragraph was pretty misleading, indicating that the beer must be non-alcoholic to have the beneficial effect.
Last year after finishing the Boston and Vermont City marathons with only a six week stretch between them, I decided to skip the fall marathon, focus on speed and see if that focus could improve a 2011 marathon time. On April 16, I ran the the Gansett Marathon, my sixth overall, and my first and [...]
Just a glimpse from day in the life during winter marathon training. A Saturday 16-mile long run with Curt.
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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Imagine fighting through 25 something miles of a race, then driving forward to take the lead in the homestretch of a marathon, only to take a wrong turn as you round the last bend?
I ran an ankle-recovery-test 6 miler on the treadmill in a new pair of Brooks Ghost 3s today. They were recommended to me by the folks over at Runner’s Alley in Manchester, and I loved ‘em! It was the first time in a long time — years — since I’ve worn anything but the Nike Air [...]
Continue reading about Ankle on the Mend, Brooks Ghost 3 Mini Review
I love the marathon. The preparation for racing this distance is a rigorous test of mind, body and spirit. It requires discipline and strategy, and enduring the training eases and clears my mind to tackle the non-running challenges life presents. But as I found myself finishing up Vermont City Marathon at the end of May, [...]
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