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Around and Around We Go
“Are you doing anything crazy [for your birthday] like running your age in indoor track laps?”– Tyler, who, it must be pointed out, once ran 50K (125 laps) on a track
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Recapping the 2021 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
It began with a world record in the men’s shot put and ended with a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles. With those bookends, the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team trials once again made its case as one … Continue reading
The Length of a Llama
“I’ve heard you can judge six feet by the length of a llama; but I haven’t met many llamas in real life, so I’m not sure how much that will actually help!” – my daughter Joni passing along social distancing … Continue reading
Seven Running Stunts for the New Year
Running is repetitive, and it can become tedious, especially in winter when you seem to run the same roads over and over again. If you are training seriously – perhaps for a spring marathon or a season of indoor track … Continue reading
Remembering Jim Blackburn
Newton North Varsity XC at Franklin Park, November 10, 2001 “Once thinking I was destined to be mediocre at pretty much everything, the fact that [Coach Blackburn] believed in me made me more confident and driven than I’d ever been … Continue reading
In the Forecast: Stubbornness
It began to snow on Saturday afternoon, almost imperceptibly at first, and then with increasing intensity as the wind picked up and more and more flecks of white materialized out of the gray sky. I was six miles into an … Continue reading
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The Long Habit
“If the nearnesse of our last necessity, brought a nearer conformity unto it, there were a happinesse in hoary hairs, and no calamity in half senses. But the long habit of living indisposeth us for dying…” – Sir Thomas Browne … Continue reading
Things that Make Me Cranky: Family Fun Run Edition
“Who says life is fair, where is that written?” – The Princess Bride It’s Saturday afternoon in Falmouth, and the skies are still fair. There are no signs yet of the dark thunderclouds that will roll in later, threatening the … Continue reading
Runners on Vacation
“At the height of summer, naps at the beach can be alluring, and many of us may find ourselves tempted to take prolonged vacations from exercise.” – Gretchen Reynolds, writing in the New York Times.
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