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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/16/eliud-kipchoge-smashes-world-marathon-record-berlin We are maybe a year from seeing a sub 2:00:00 run. I always thought the rabbit was SUPPOSED to slow you down so you could get the negative split. … Continue reading Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge ditches the rabbits and smashes the world’s marathon record by 78 seconds
Rules? We prefer to think of them as guidelines. Juneathon is, after all, (to quote Highway Kind) ‘an annual festival of activity and excuses’, so there aren’t really any rules … Continue reading Juneathon: Run Every Day, Blog Every Day
I had a good night sleep and wanted to run twenty-seven miles today, in a snowstorm, on railroad tracks. I did that. The snow fell, the temps were around 20F, … Continue reading Janathon: Day 25 – Snowstorm Marathon
There are no runners around. Okay, there’s one other regular runner in town. She runs the two or three blocks around our neighborhood, a mile loop if I were to … Continue reading Juneathon – Month-long stage race underway
I figured the race would be like running down a pipe lined with Kevlar. I fully expected to see military presence, and I basically didn’t and felt a little silly about … Continue reading Trudging to the Car From the Pittsburgh Marathon Finish Line
I drove to Pittsburgh today to pick up some stuff and some things. It was a lovely day, so I got some shots to share. For the past six months … Continue reading Day Pics in Pittsburgh, Day Before Marathon
Eyewitness to Boston Marathon Chaos A volunteer describes the scene as it happened and the struggle through the night to help people affected by the bombing at the Boston Marathon. … Continue reading Eyewitness to Boston Marathon Chaos
I planned to run a self-sufficient trail century (100 miles) in remote mountains of Virginia in the George Washington National Forest. I’d never attempted anything remotely close to this in … Continue reading Survivalist Marathon Fuel
This is a video I’m using to motivate people to donate to the Alzheimer’s Association. I’m running in the Pittsburgh Marathon this May if I can raise $1000. Please share … Continue reading Help Me End Alzheimer’s Disease By Running in the Pittsburgh Marathon
This is the front and back of the shirt. It’s from a couple of photos I took of my monitor. I has computers.
I’d been training harder for this event than I thought possible. Indeed, I trained for this my whole life. This was not so much a test of my reservoirs of … Continue reading Run For Your Life Mogadishu Marathon 2013 – Race Report
I am participating in the Janathon. I run and blog about my run every day. The challenge is to simply run every day. Can you handle it? The event originates … Continue reading Janathon has begun
Fifty State Banana 