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All the streets are warm and grey
This week was my birthday. It was pretty good, as far as upper 30’s birthdays go. I got up early on the actual day of, ran nine miles over to the North End in the lightening sky, met up with Steven for...
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Ground your sense of worth to the spark of morning light
A few brief notes on this weekend’s race. I signed up for the TARC Fells Trail Ultra Winter 32 soon after finishing the Summer Classic 50K back in August. In the months since then I’ve focused almost...
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Get your Moderately on
YJP told me two things of note yesterday: 1) although she accumulated a metric ton of race swag in 2013, she didn’t get any gloves! And 2) she’s taking January 2014 “off”. Both these things are a...
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To fall in the water just like a stone, chilled to the marrow in them bones
I’m not sure that I’ve done the absolute best I could do to prepare for my races next weekend, but there’s not much I can do about it at this point. For the next four days I’ll try to taper down,...
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Run, baby, run, until it all goes numb
I’ve wanted to do a double marathon since October 2012 (when my original New Hampshire/Maine plan was foiled by gravity and shitty ankle ligaments). This weekend, I finally got it done. I’ve tried...
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