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Tag: running
LOCO announces 2014 Jacket
LOCO Mike sent out a message on Tuesday confirming that The Half at the Hamptons IS ON this year. Mother Nature is smiling on us this time around. I’ve included the link here in case you need directions. Since we’ve had a lot of snow, parking may be a challenge so you should plan to arrive…
30 Cups of Tea
Today I’m back to the office. I managed a 7.91 mile run on Sunday and it felt pretty good. Somewhere along the way I managed to pick up a stomach bug and spent all of Monday on the sofa doing nothing. Just getting up for a glass of water was a challenge. I took Tuesday off…
Road to Boston Continues
My Road to Boston continues I had my second appointment with my physical therapist and she said I could start running again! She had me run on the treadmill for about 10 minutes and I didn’t have any pain. While I was running and walking at various speeds she checked my cadence and my arm…
Why do I get sick after a race?
Last year I wrote a blog post, Why do I get a cold after a race? In that post I wrote about the ways that runners can pick up germs at a race. My post was based on my observations of what runners do at races and during races. There are many ways that runners exchange germs at races…
Janathon 2014 Completed
Janathon has concluded Janathon was the first “official challenge” I have engaged in since I started blogging. A few times I’ve set up my own challenges such as blogging every Friday, or three times a week. But I kept these to my self and just did them. The Janathon Zerotohero challenge was public and required daily blogging…
BAA Baggage policy update
At the recent Boston Marathon Training Clinic, Executive Director Thomas Grilk mentioned the new bag policy for 2014. He said that “there will be no bags going into Hopkinton this year”. I was shocked by this statement and what it meant. I wrote to Marc Davis, the BAA’s Communications Manager, for clarification. Marc said that…