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Category: Running Tips & Advice
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Living on Taper Time
It’s Taper Time for Boston Marathon runners! It’s time to reduce your miles and be careful. It’s more important to arrive in Hopkinton un-injured and rested than it is to make up a long run that you missed last month. You are as fit as you are going to get for this race. It is…
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Last Long Run
This past Sunday the Melrose Running Club had their last long run of the season. The long route was 12.5 miles and the short route was 7.1 miles. The long route took us over the Fellsway Hills twice! On the way out I charged up the hill and practiced running on my forefoot. There were four…
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Marathon Packing
Friday I asked all the Boston Marathon runners if they have started packing yet. Marathon Packing When traveling long distances for a race you have to plan ahead. Fortunately, Boston is not in the sticks and the Boston Marathon Expo will have anything you need for the race. If you forget something (except your shoes!),…
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10 Days and Counting!
I took this screen shot from the BAA’s site on April 10th. Is anyone else getting nervous? I’ve run Boston five times and eleven marathons all together, and I still get nervous thinking about Marathon Monday. With 10 days to go, there isn’t much left to do. I have one more long run this Sunday…
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I’m over trained?
I’m over trained? I feel like the laziest marathon runner in the world. Sure I do my long runs and put together plans that I never follow. I never run 50-100 miles per week. People who work at the marathon run those miles. I’m too lazy for that. How could I possibly be over trained? Last…
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What does it mean to be a runner?
I ran the Beyond the Rainbow 5K on Sunday up in New Market, New Hampshire. Usually I run the Great Bay Half Marathon at this event each year. You know why I opted for the 5K this year, so I wont go into that again. At the 2.5 mile mark the Half Marathon runners went…