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70s Hero: Ron Hill
Some lessons learned from the runners of the 1970s stick with us today. Perhaps the two most important are: 1. You need to get in the mileage. 2. Short shorts are most comfortable. Nobody epitomized getting in the miles more than Ron Hill. Hill won the Boston Marathon in 1970 in 2:10:30 and the Commonwealth…
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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…
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Training Totals 11.01.09
Recap – I had a really great week exercise wise. Joining the local gym was the best investment in fitness I have made in a while. With my running so limited recently, I need to be working out in the gym or I am going to get enormous and out of shape. Anyway, the take…
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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…
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70s Hero Bill Rodgers
A couple of weeks ago, a friend forward me the outrageous and funny weightlifting site 70sbig (warning – sexism abounds on this site). The site is basically an ode to getting really big to be able to lift heavier weights. It’s funny, and I love the motif of 70s weightlifters. Anyway, 70s big got me…
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November Experiments
November is going to be a big month of experiment for me. With my running limited, but the fear of getting out of shape and putting on the pounds terrifying me, I’m going to be doing some experiments in eating, drinking and working out. Every year I do a race in my hometown on Thanksgiving…
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Holiday Challenge
As this lingering foot issue is keeping me from running the miles I want, I’ve been hitting the concept2 rower again with some frequency (logging 5000 meters this morning, longest row yet!). I love the variety it offers from running and man do I break a sweat on the thing. Now, because I can’t do…
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Notes from an early morning gym visit.
1. Spotted – the mayor’s dad. Our mayor, Adrien Fenty is born and raised in my neck of the woods, his parents own a running store in Adam’s Morgan and his dad is a bit of a fitness nut. He was the first African American to ever run Western States, thank you very much. He…
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Training Totals – 10-25-09
Recap – Though my running numbers are still nowhere near the level of respectable, I feel good about the training I have been able to do this week, both on the road and in the gym, and I am going to return to the longer form training summary. This week felt good. I lifted and…
Milo and the Calf 