Wonderful time pacing a group at Baystate Marathon this morning
There is nothing quite so gratifying as helping to guide people to a PR or some other personal running success. I think I actually like this better than racing these days!
A Few Good Runs In Manchester, New Hampshire
So a question popped up on Twitter recently – could anyone recommend a few good, safe runs in Manchester, NH – 3-6 miles, hills okay. Having spent the last seven years running endless miles around my adopted home city, I’ve got favorites at all distances, and a true booster’s spirit…
Do You Need Carbs To Run Fast? Concluding The Experiment, Sort Of
Common wisdom says you need copious amounts of carbohydrate to run your best, but who doesn’t love challenging common wisdom once in a while? After reading the Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Volek and Phinney last year, and following the work of Dr. Timothy Noakes, who was kind enough to give…
It’s All About My Race, Not The Race: Do Runners Care Who Wins?
Distance running is wonderful sport in part because the races are so egalitarian: the back-of-the-packers are literally competing in the same event as the world champions. You pay your fee, enter the race and run – albeit usually far, far behind – the elite runners. But it’s worth chewing over the…
Meb’s Boston Training Schedule – 9-Day Cycles Make Sense for Older Runners
I was thrilled to arrive at the finish line at Boston this year to hear that Meb Keflezighi had won. It was a great cap to an emotional day. This piece for Runner’s World highlights aspects of his training plan, well worth reading, in particular the training cycle, which I…
Boston Marathon Recap, Diet and Injury Notes, Next Steps
It’s been a few weeks since Boston, and after whacking the race video footage I shot with my friend Bob’s Google Glass into a 15-minute course video, I’ve been working, traveling, taking the kids to track practice, and otherwise not thinking much about running – other than when taking some nice…
Boston Marathon 2014 in 15 Minutes – A Google Glass First-Person View
Almost 36,000 people ran the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, a year after the infamous bombings at the finish line. Here’s a first-person perspective from one of those 36,000 folks, captured using Google Glass. What a gift it was to be able to run again this year. It wasn’t…
Notes Tomorrow’s Boston Marathon, My Bib #, Tracking Info
Well friends and family, it’s Easter, and tomorrow is the big day in Boston. I have to say, I may be the least sure of my preparation for this run as I have been for any marathon to date, and I’m okay with that. Being in the city for the…
Marathon simulator run, 17 miles, 2:02:44
Marathon simulator run, 17 miles, 2:02:44. Usually I’d do this five weeks out, but since I had to compress my training plan to 12 weeks this time around here it is, two weeks and a day from Boston. Now to taper hard from here until race day and try and…
12 workouts until Boston, a brief assessment of the season’s training
Here we are, fewer than three weeks until Boston 2014. I haven’t had much time to write, but I have been logging runs assiduously and will be able to share any useful details after the fact. In the meantime, here’s a quick update on the two primary experiments/tests of this…
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What I Told My Son The Night After The 2013 Boston Marathon
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RTB NH 2013: Ultra Midlife Crisis
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Stone Cat 50 Miler Done, And Wow, Trail Running’s Hard, Man!
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Ultra Midlife Crisis: Reach the Beach, the Stone Cat 50 and Philosophizing
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A Tale of Two Podiatrists: Relieving A Runner’s Morton’s Neuroma
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A Game of Roads: A Song of Ice And Runners
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Boston 2013 Recap – Course Strategy and Training Notes
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Boston Marathon 2014 in 15 Minutes – A Google Glass First-Person View
