Rough day out in Brooklyn today. I finished with a new personal record by 13 seconds (1:27:17 was the official time), but I was anticipating a much bigger improvement. More importantly, I was expecting myself to run a better race. Instead of running hard the whole 13.1, I just sort of gave [...]
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Thank god it’s Friday. I was having so much trouble sitting still and concentrating at work today. Although vacations are cool, they can be tough to get over. Going from the beautiful open air of the mountains to a noisy midtown desk is a tough transition to make. I’m also happy that it’s [...] Yesterday morning, I ran the Bolder Boulder for the fifth time. A little less than an hour after finishing, I ran it for the sixth time. And that wasn’t even the best running day of the trip. My plan had been to take it easy out here and recover from the marathon, [...] I got a new trophy for the fireplace today. There were a lot of things that I was expecting from today, new hardware was definitely not on that list. Neither was a top 10 finish. Or my running partner winning the women’s race. Or her dad dropping 15 minutes off his [...] Even though my marathon this weekend is only about 30 miles away from where I ran my first one, the two are about as opposite as can possibly be. It’s both exciting and scary knowing that I’m going to get such a totally different race experience. In Philly, I was one of thousands of runners [...] If I learned anything at my first marathon last fall, it was that you have to go in with a plan and, more importantly, stick to it. I let my emotions get the best of me and took off on too fast of a start, then crashed horribly (finishing the second half over 16 [...] To simply say that I’ve been thinking a lot about the marathon would be a colossal understatement. Truth be told, it has completely taken over my thoughts. I’ve wanted to write about it up here, but each time I try, I get overwhelmed and don’t even know where to begin. So, I’ve [...] |
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