Blue Ridge Half

Epic? I’m going there

Run for Boston, #runforboston

The Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon weekend can be summed up in one word: epic. I hope you know that “epic” has never been used to describe any event from me. I did use it in a post a couple of weeks ago when I hinted at what I was going to do at the [...]

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Stronger.

2013 Blue Ridge Half Marathon medal

There are so many things that have happened in the past few days that have completely changed my view of running. Race weekend in Roanoke, Va., for the Blue Ridge Marathon is full of amazing stories — the support for Boston by everyone, grabbing a photo with Bart Yasso, Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers, meeting [...]

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26.2 for Boston

Blue Ridge Marathon Running for Boston

I feel obligated to run. Just go out the door and run. Then it hit me today. I wanted to join the Run 26.2 for Boston event on Facebook and hit 26.2 miles for the week when I cross the finish line of Saturday’s Blue Ridge Half Marathon. No matter where you are or how [...]

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No. 1,002

I didn’t think 2 posts after my 1,000th post that I’d be doing a list post, but I don’t have that much to say about specific running-related things right now. That’s a good thing. A week from tonight I’ll be mentally preparing to run in a costume. I’m ready for all the fun that the [...]

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Preparing for “different”

trail running, Duke

Late winter/early spring half marathon. Marathon training. Fall marathon. Repeat. With the exception of early 2011, I’ve been in a pattern that I’m ready to break. I haven’t talked much about it because I wasn’t sure I was sure, but I’m starting to feel really good about my decision to not run a marathon this [...]

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No changing my training

2013 Shamrock Leprechaun Dash

I’ve never come away from Shamrock weekend with so few thoughts. Usually the day after I’m ready to sign up for the next year (which I will sometime this week) and browsing hotel costs thinking I’ll find a deal (although now I’m pretty set on staying at La Quinta next year). This year I’m just [...]

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