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It’s been a hard week to be a runner. Or a human being, for that matter. These fucking asshole terrorists have forever associated one of the greatest running events in the world with an act of cowardice without parallel. That a few fans standing on the street should give their lives as they cheer on their friends and neighbors reminds [...]
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Last week was the Scotland 10k in Central Park. As soon as I got out of the car, I was filled with self doubt. Not about my race, which I was confident I could mess up without any doubt, but about what I waswearing. It’s April. It’s supposed to be spring. I was going to [...]
A couple of months ago, I ran the Philly marathon. I was happy with my run there. But all my races leading up to Philly kind of blew. I really did only once race once I started training, and it was a half marathon in which I proved that flying back from Singapore and running [...]
When training for my first maraton, in 2008, I found myself in a love/hate relationship with my training plan. I loved having some direction in my life — ok, in my running life — but I hated feeling like I had to run. Running was something I liked, but I liked it on my terms. [...]
I feel great guilt about being away from home during hurricane Sandy. I hesitate to post about by run, which was great. But it was filled with great guilt. So I put off posting about it. Because that’s totally mature. I had a good run. Churned out 22 miles here — where it was sunny [...]
Remember a few years back when everyone was saying “It’s all good?” People would say it to anything. “Mike, how was that trip to see your mom?” “It’s all good.” “Oh, I thought I heard she was in the hospital?” “It’s all good.” “I thought she regained consciousness for a moment only tell you she was ashamed [...]
I do love the New York Times. I mean, I’m a freaking tree hugger anyway, so I need to read the editorial page daily so I know what to think about all political and social issues. Today, they ran a piece by Amby Burfood and George A Hirsch which I feel is a home run [...]
Recent running conversation with my friend (tall) Bill: Me: Man, I got a blister. Bill: Yeah, that sucks. Me: I don’t know what to do about it. Bill: Well, you wanna be careful to not be a big baby about it. I’ve been running in the Asics Gel Nimbus for about three years now, and [...]
Continue reading about Breaking up is hard to do. Fearing change. And Blisters.
I was in the city doing a project and managed to sneak out of work around 9am to go for a run. By “sneak out” I mean leave work after telling everyone, my client, my co-workers, the cleaners, everyone, that I was leaving. I feel so guilty about sneaking out that I am about the worst [...]
It’s one of those fall days where it’s good to be a runner. Heading out for a long run today, it felt almost cold. I debated wearing compression sleeves or gloves or a hat. But after careful consideration (read: no consideration) I decided that I was going to warm up as I ran. As I always do. As [...]
