Category Archives: Marathon

What’s Reasonable vs. What’s Possible

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Jon Waldron

Photo: Brian Jenkins for the Burlington Free Press While Tyler was running his marathon in Vermont, I was four hours away sitting comfortably in a coffee shop in Concord, waiting for updates via text message. I had signed up for … Continue reading →

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Their Marathon, Too

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Jon Waldron

I brought my car in for service this morning, and the employee who was taking my information saw from my registration that I was from Newton and asked, “Did you watch the marathon this year?” I admitted that I had, … Continue reading →

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Talent and Training

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Jon Waldron

The photos above, which Tyler posted on his Facebook page the other day, are — in their own way — a challenge to a whole worldview about talent and training. One can gaze upon them with much the same feeling … Continue reading →

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How Meb Won Boston

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Jon Waldron

Meb Keflezighi’s unexpected victory in the 2014 Boston Marathon was one of the great moments in the history of the race.  Understandably, most of the accounts of his race have been eloquent about Meb’s personal history, his courage in the … Continue reading →

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Their Last Boston

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Jon Waldron

Imagine how the young man felt going to the hospital. He was twenty-one years old and not much more than a kid himself, and now he and his wife were about to have a kid of their own. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The Spectator’s Dilemma

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Jon Waldron

With only a few days until the Boston Marathon, I’m still not sure how to watch the race. Thinking about that problem, I started thinking about another hard-to-watch event: the Tour de France. I’m not a cyclist and don’t think … Continue reading →

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When Did 2:08 Become Slow?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Jon Waldron

Multiple Choice Quiz: 1. When did we start considering a 2:08 marathon “slow?” A: 2003 B: 2008 C: 2012 D: April 13, 2014 The 2014 London Marathon is in the books, and as everyone knows by now, multiple Olympic and … Continue reading →

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