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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: September 2012
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Monday, September 17, 2012. Three years ago, I invited myself along on a friends journey, and so the adventure began. Fast forward to last Saturday. It's 4:50 am and I'm standing in the dark with 221 other runners listening to Dean Karnazes ask "who is running their first 50? A sea of headlamps. It was actually pretty cool and kept me entertained while I battled the hills. Way to go man! You are my hero for the day! Wait,...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: My Annual Beat Down
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Saturday, July 23, 2011. My Annual Beat Down. It happened again. About the same time every year I run into some sort of snag in my training. Whether it be weather, illness, injury, or motivation, somehow my training always gets derailed. Any one of these things can really put the breaks on an otherwise successful summer. This year I have ran in to four. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Annual Beat Down.
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: September 2011
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Sunday, September 4, 2011. 61 miles, 24 hours, one hell of a story! I had no goals of winning the thing (and not the point of the challenge), and in the least I could see what I was made of. Besides, I could stop at any time. But somewhere out there, something happened. Somewhere in those runs, I decided that I actually wanted to do this thing! Blinded by these elusions of grandeur, I decided mid run to make a 10 miler in...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: August 2011
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Friday, August 19, 2011. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, I do NOT have superhuman strength. My body has limitations, and last week, I had to acknowledge them. 2010 was my comeback year. The first year back from a 7 year hiatus from running. I build a small, but solid base of miles and topped off a successful year with a 36 minute marathon PR. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The Independent: “A f...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: Full Circle
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Monday, September 17, 2012. Three years ago, I invited myself along on a friends journey, and so the adventure began. Fast forward to last Saturday. It's 4:50 am and I'm standing in the dark with 221 other runners listening to Dean Karnazes ask "who is running their first 50? A sea of headlamps. It was actually pretty cool and kept me entertained while I battled the hills. Way to go man! You are my hero for the day! Wait,...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: September 2014
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Rugged. Relentless. Remote. Home. So, fast forward two months. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait long and before I knew it, John's pep talk had turned to a countdown. I think this was were I realized that I was finally about to do this thing, because I looked at my crew member and pacer Sabrina and mouthed a "holy shit"! Keeping things chill at the start. Photo by Ian Corless. Flying in to ...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: July 2013
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Sunday, July 7, 2013. Friends: Afton Trail Run 50K. This one ranks up there was one of the best, and like many of my stories, this one starts a few weeks ago. Shawn: I think Afton is still open. I'll get your registration for your birthday present (NO PACER DUTIES! If you want to do it! Me: Yeah why not. Shawn: 25 or 50? Shawn: Okay. You're in. Me: So how far am I running? Me: *giant exhale* alright, let's do this!
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: June 2011
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. And now, the not so epic conclusion. I had six months to get myself from couch to marathon shape. Needless to say I has skeptical. I hopped on the internet, found a decent enough training plan that I figured with a little tweaking I could handle, and started running the next day. Disclosure: I am about to admit to being a HUGE softy, so don't make too much fun of me! As I think back about that da...
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner: May 2013
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The Mind of a Madman: My life as a Runner. Images and insights of my life in miles. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Superior Spring Races 50KM. So like most of these race reports, I have no idea where to start. So I'll start at the beginning. About two weeks prior, Superior began sending runners updates on the course. Included in these updates were some photos:. Fast forward to race day. Gradually, the climbs began and the trails began to become more difficult. I never noticed during the race as my head was c...
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