Tag: marathon

Race Report: Blues Cruise 50k – My First Ultra

Six weeks ago I had this compulsive idea to sign up for the Blues Cruise 50k Ultra Trail run. I found out about the race through a friend who had done it a few years ago and it has always been floating around in my mind. I really didn’t have any real intentions to do …

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Thoughts of Boston Today…

91 Year Old Vegan Finishes Knoxville Half Marathon in 3:04 | Runner’s World & Running Times

Another meatless success story… Mike Fremont, 91, Finishes Knoxville Half Marathon in 3:04 | Runner’s World & Running Times.

My Birthday Marathon

Six months or so ago I thought it would be pretty cool to run a marathon on my birthday. So I signed up for the D&L Heritage Marathon. It was early on in my training season and I was feeling like I could do anything at that time. The toll that 5-6 months of solid …

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Catching Up on Falling Behind

I am starting to think this off-season marathon thing was a bad idea. Despite my valiant efforts to resolve my ITBS issues from my last tri, I am still running and it keeps coming back. Although it is not very consistent as to when it strikes. Sometimes it is around 6 miles other times it …

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Getting into Marathon Mode

I am finally settling into some consistent marathon training after some post-half Ironman recovery. The Ironman Muskoka 70.3 run course left me with a very sore and inflamed IT Band and running a 9 miler the week after the race was not the brightest of moves. The hilly course and the camber of the road …

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2012 Ironman Muskoka 70.3 Race Report-T2 & Run

T2 I was so relieved to arrive into T2! For one the hills were over. At least I thought so. And two, I had not suffered any mechanicals. While walking my bike to the rack, I did notice that my tire was just slightly rubbing the frame. Can I use this as an excuse for …

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2010 St. Luke’s Lehigh Valley Half Marathon

My running has finally gone to the next level. Never thought of myself as a runner, but thanks to some modifications in technique last year, after reading "Born To Run" by Chris McDougall  and “Chirunning” by Danny Dreyer, I can now consider myself one. Running has now become an enjoyable, effortless and , pain free …

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