Archive for November, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team by Chris Lear
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
There aren't that many great books about running that aren't written like manuals. Running isn't generally like a team sport. Football has stories ...
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Yesterday, one of my Ragnar teammates ran the JFK 50 in Maryland, the second time R__ has done so. She beat her time from last year by 1h25m, a whopping slam-dunk of an improvement. Today, another Ragnar teammate, JZ, ran the Ironman Arizona in a stunning 11h46m. I feel like ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
8 October, around 10:00am: Penultimate Legs
I am running my hardest leg. Once I leave the Lehighton Area High School, the course meanders through Lehighton briefly before the long climb up Flagstaff Mountain. I watch closely for signs indicating the turn up the mountain, but unsure of where to go I ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
In June 2005, M and I were living in Connecticut. I was commuting five hours a day to my job in New York City, and she was finishing her third year of medical school. We had been trying to conceive a child for a couple of months and so far ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
8 October 2011, just past midnight
I was all alone on a major road at close to midnight. In past Ragnars I had brought a small handheld flashlight to help light my way, but this time I'd forgotten it back home in Shiprock. The first nearly six miles of my second ...
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