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    Friday Inspiration: The Olympic Trials

    The Olympic trials are tomorrow and I’m very excited to see how things play out. Of course, I’m pulling for old man Meb to do something special, and Goucher to have a redemptive performance. I’m also curious to see how Rupp does, and what, if any other dark horse candidates there are. To get you…

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    Data Analysis of Boston Qualifier Questionnaire Part III: Speed Work

    We know that most (over 84%!) of the BQ respondents did speed work as part of their training, but what kind of speed work? Let’s find out:  Some runners did 800 repeats, quite a few did mile repeats, but tempo runs was the most common workout with marathon pace runs But broadly speaking, the theme…

  • Meb!

    What is there to say about Meb?  Three years after Nike dropped him he has the run of his life.  Just incredible.  Sure the East African mafia would never had let a younger runner get that far out front, and sure Ryan Hall and the other Americans helped Meb by not pushing the pace.  But…

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    Friday Inspiration – Gutting it Out

    For weeks now, people have been talking about Meb Keflezighi gutting it out in the final miles of the New York Marathon and crossing the line with local Staten Island runner Mike Cassidy. If you read this blog, you probably already know this story – Meb has battled injuries all fall and wasn’t a hundred…

  • Some Thoughts on This Years New York City Marathon

    So it looks like the New York Marathon is on.  I am of two minds about this.  I love the New York Marathon, more than a race it is a celebration of New York with tens of thousands of runners and hundreds of thousands of spectators.  If I’m not running it, I always go out…

  • Friday Inspiration – Meb on a tempo run

    I’m a huge fan of Meb Keflefzighi. He’s old for an elite runner, but he’s still getting it done.  This year he finished fourth in the Olympic marathon beating out many a young whippersnapper and making me proud to be an old dude.   As I am out there doing my paltry little run this…

  • Nativist / Racist / Enough of This

    For the people out there who know me in real life, you know I am a pretty political person. I have spent most of my adult life working in political organizations. But this blog isn’t suppossed to be about that, it is suppossed to be about running. And then, Meb Keflezighi has to go and…

  • New York Marathon

    Congratulations to Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans setting a new PR in  3:33:02 Derartu Tulu winning the women’s division in 2:28:52 Meb Keflezighi becoming the first American in 27 years to win the NYC marathon, finishing in 2:09:15 I am especially moved by Meb’s performance. The American running media has expended gallons of ink on…