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Category: Running Tips & Advice
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2014 Boston Marathon Essentials
Essentials of the BAA Baggage Policy At the Marathon Expo, the BAA will provide a clear 18”x18”x4” bag for gear check. This is the only bag that can be used to check gear on Marathon Monday. This bag must be checked on the Boston Common before boarding a bus for Hopkinton. This year you have…
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40 Days to Boston
We are getting to the home stretch for the 2014 Boston Marathon. 40 days to Boston! If you are running I hope your training is going well and that you have avoided illness and injury. So many runners get sick or injured while training for a marathon. In the Northeast, I think this is caused…
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Long Run Wisdom
During our Sunday Long Run season, we get weekly words of wisdom from Jim. Jim has been organizing our Sunday Long Runs for 10 years and does a great job. He creates the routes, organizes the volunteers and makes sure we have enough supplies for the water stops. Today I am posting Jim’s words of…
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Magical Mystic Valley Run
Our Sunday Long Run was 20 miles this week This type of distance is sometimes referred to as an LSD run: Long Slow Distance. The idea is to go out and run slower than marathon pace with the goal of getting your body used to running for 3-4 hours. There was nothing mystical about Sunday’s…
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BAA Announces 2014 Marathon Policies
The BAA sent an email to all registered runners on Wednesday laying out policies for the 2014 Boston Marathon. Here is the first part of the email. TO 2014 BOSTON MARATHON PARTICIPANTS As your training continues, we want to make you aware of several changes for the 2014 Boston Marathon in the areas of baggage,…
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Half at the Hamptons 2014
The Half at the Hamptons 2014 preview I’ve run this race twice before. It’s a nice flat course and goes through some awesome New Hampshire country side that lets me fantasize about what our region looked like in the old days. We also wind through some toney neighborhoods with some truly impressive “cottages”. As a local…