Tag: video
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Friday Inspiration? Moved by the struggles of others
The other night, bored during a six mile treadmill run, I started scrolling through so-called triathlon inspiration videos on youtube. I got mostly what you’d expect. Chris Lieto finishing Kona. An age grouper struggling to the finish line. Many of them were set to Eminem for some reason. Then I came across this one: Viewed…
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Friday Inspiration: The Dawn Wall
Yesterday Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson did what was considered impossible – they free climbed Yosemite’s Dawn Wall. Unlike most achievements in climbing, this one is actually getting some serious mainstream press attention, including numerous articles in the New York Times. It should. What Caldwell and Jorgenson did isn’t just an incredible physical feat, its…
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Friday Inspiration – Shalane Flanagan and the Berlin Marathon
This coming weekend (the 28th) is the Berlin Marathon where Shalene Flanagan is going to attempt to beat the America record. If she does it, she’ll be only the second American woman, after Deena Kastor, to break 2:20. This is the second time in a year Flanagan has laid it all out there with an…
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Friday Inspiration — The Mile
Tomorrow, I’ll be racing the mile for the first time. I’ve no idea what to expect and for a race that take me less than seven minutes (I hope!), I’m pretty nervous. Its funny how contemporary recreational running has changed. Everyone runs a 5k, millions run marathons, but few race the mile. I’m trepidatious, but…
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Friday Video: Training the Mind
“It is easy to the train the legs, it is difficult to train the mind”. So says Anaco Garcia in this beautifully shot little movie about running. Its true. To run at our best we need to carve away, mile by mile, day by day, at our legs. We need to shape them into engines…
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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…
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Friday Inspiration – The Elusive Handstand
This is cheesy, and corny, and totally inspiring. Give it a watch. And yes, I’m still working on my handstand, I think I need to double down on the practice.
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Friday Inspiration – Yurt Dwelling Ultra Runner Fantasies
Ever have one of those months where you’ve spent so much time in the office that you start to forget what the park looks like? Where you’re barely squeezing in a run on a treadmill late at night? And suddenly while you’re eating dinner at your desk you find yourself watching a video of a…
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Friday Inspiration – The Lessons of Play
Last weekend I went climbing with my young niece. She took to it immediately. With little fear, a lot determination, and weighing next to nothing, she did wonderfully. There were times at the beginning when she got nervous – when five feet off the ground she asked me to lower her down. But as the…
Milo and the Calf 