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On the bus...Running: February 2013
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On the bus.Running. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. GW Marathon Relay Redux. We hunkered down in our respective seats. With every wind gust that shook the car, our arms tightened around our bodies. “Ok,” I finally spoke up. “I’m going to switch out my shoes, stretch, and head over to the start.” Somber nods. Make it ideal training ground for Boston. Rohan and I ran step-for-step for the first two miles. We rode down the backside of a steep hill that I made note of having to climb at the end of my third...
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On the bus...Running: May 2013
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On the bus.Running. Thursday, May 23, 2013. We hatched our plan where all good plans begin – wait, scratch that – the beer still chilled in the fridge. We hatched our plan where many. Good plans begin: on a run. Ebo and me after two trips up and down Old Rag. Ebo’s time in D.C. was numbered as he planned a move to the West Coast, and we. Needed an epic physical feat to send him off. The clouds of our brainstorm converged at once on the place our adventure thoughts always seemed to bloom…. In just under f...
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On the bus...Running: 5K Roundup (or A Tale of Two Races)
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On the bus.Running. Friday, May 16, 2014. 5K Roundup (or A Tale of Two Races). National Police Week 5K. Rohan and I rounded the final turn and came into the homestretch. I felt a slight surge of adrenaline but it wasn't time, not for the real thing. Despite the easy pace of our warmup, my shoulders were already slick with sweat courtesy of the heavy humidity. Before we pulled up to a jog, I turned to Rohan and said, “Ok, in an ideal world, we turn onto 4. With a more deliberate adjustment, I came through...
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On the bus...Running: January 2013
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On the bus.Running. Monday, January 7, 2013. Food for the Long Run. Many times in conversation, my dad, a former steeplechaser at the University of Florida, and I will steer the conversation toward running. And on more than one occasion, he’ll say, “I wonder what we could have done had we known then what we know now about nutrition.”. Back in August, I downloaded Scott Jurek’s book, “ Eat and Run. I noticed that I grew leaner, felt more alert, and recovered more quickly from workouts. 8211; wakeup the ne...
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On the bus...Running: July 2015
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On the bus.Running. Friday, July 24, 2015. I returned to my front steps this morning, shirtless, wrung out, dripping – the hallmarks of a mid-summer Virginia run. The dark and cold mornings that defined this past January seemed a distant memory. But I still remember them. I had no idea. When Rohan and I eventually let out, the sleet had tapered to a fine mist. Steel-colored clouds stretched across the sky and the air carried the unmistakable scent of snow. The now infamous-run, which we refer to only as ...
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On the bus...Running: August 2015
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On the bus.Running. Friday, August 28, 2015. The Four Seasons of a 100 Mile Week. For me, running a 100 mile week is like living (and aging) through four seasons. The beginning of each week brings, as George Costanza would say, “ rejuvenation, rebirth…all that crap. My coach calls this good tired. By Wednesday night, I call it madness. Here’s a glimpse:. Tuesday Morning (Workout Day, e.g. 14mi total; 4mi warmup 7x1mile w/ 60s rest 3mi cool):. Tuesday Evening (5mi easy core). Wednesday Morning (11mi easy).
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On the bus...Running: January 2014
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On the bus.Running. Monday, January 13, 2014. Nearly a year ago (no, not the last time I blogged, but close), I rode shotgun in my friend Dan’s car. Dan stretched out in the back nursing marathon legs, while his father drove us toward the Houston airport, one generous stop to drop me off before they continued on to Dallas. Now, 12 months later, I find myself in an almost “ groundhog-day-like. 8221; position, though the landscape has shifted some. Dan and I (plus a handful of brothers in arms) will tr...
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On the bus...Running: February 2014
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On the bus.Running. Monday, February 24, 2014. Rock n Roll Arizona Half Marathon Redux (Finally). Runners dressed in various shades of the neon color spectrum emptied into Tempe’s main drag around us. The pace quickened as the start line came into view and drops of adrenaline escaped into our systems. Each man broke off to complete the final touches of their warmups. I chanted in my head. I began to imagine the declivity on the far side, only having to come back up, when I suddenly reached a set of g...
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On the bus...Running: Back on the Bus to Boston
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On the bus.Running. Friday, April 18, 2014. Back on the Bus to Boston. And so, I returned to my neat rows of boxes, meticulously filled with miles and times. Each cell told a small part of the larger story of this year’s Boston buildup. The casual observer would see a steady increase in mileage with an equally steady drop in pace. They would read four weeks that ended with 90 and that those 75 mile “down” weeks were, just one year ago, nearly peak mileage. That my running partner, Rohan, and I would forg...
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On the bus...Running: May 2014
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On the bus.Running. Friday, May 16, 2014. 5K Roundup (or A Tale of Two Races). National Police Week 5K. Rohan and I rounded the final turn and came into the homestretch. I felt a slight surge of adrenaline but it wasn't time, not for the real thing. Despite the easy pace of our warmup, my shoulders were already slick with sweat courtesy of the heavy humidity. Before we pulled up to a jog, I turned to Rohan and said, “Ok, in an ideal world, we turn onto 4. With a more deliberate adjustment, I came through...
