19 December 2010
On Fridays I would take Momma out for supper. One Friday we ate at Pizza Hut where I could have spaghetti. She wondered why. It was because my first race, a 10K which I’d kept a secret, was the next morning. Four days after her death, I had surgery, and, following recovery, trained for eight […]
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18 December 2010
… as long as it is “aged with tender loving care.” I am often approached by beginner runners with questions on how to get faster, how to run longer, what to wear during runs or races, what to eat, etc. The main questions are usually on the topics of how to run faster and how […]
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13 December 2010
We went barreling into the roundabout too fast for the wet cobblestones. The car lurched into a sickening skid. Rafael jerked the wheel, and we swooped through the circle clean as a pin. The lucky fact that no other cars were about at that early hour helped. My friend Albino was riding shotgun; his older […]
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11 December 2010
Alabama native Daniel Ellis won the 2010 Rocket City Marathon on Saturday. The 27-year old ran the course in a time of 2:24:37. Ellis barely edged out Kameron Ulmer who finished just 13 seconds behind with at time of 2:24:50. Scott Wietecha claimed third crossing the line at 2:27:08. Candace Jacobs, of Huntsville, Alabama, won […]
07 December 2010
Elvis Presley isn’t dead. At least he wasn’t on Sunday at the Zappos Rock N’ Roll Marathon when Claudio Palma, who was dressed up as Elvis for the race, saved a fellow marathoner’s life, post race, by performing CPR and resuscitating a woman who had passed out. Palma tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal he was […]
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07 December 2010
Here is a photo of a young Lance Armstrong in high school at Plano East High School during a cross country meet. Armstrong has run three marathons (NY twice, Boston once) during his first retirement from cycling. His marathon PR is 2:46:43. He has also competed in several triathlons as well during his athletic career. […]
06 December 2010
With this post I broach a topic I’ve avoided ever since I started this blog: me. So this is new. But it is not an enduring change. It is an exception, and I’ll soon shut up about the boring topic and return to my policy of staying quiet about the ever-indulgent “me.” So, what brought […]
06 December 2010
Racing, Racing, Racing! It is so easy to get caught up in the world of time, racing, pace, speed, racing, mileage, racing … did I mention racing? In all seriousness, I am guilty of being a “race addict” myself and ran well over 20 races in 2010. There is the initial goal-setting that keeps you training, […]
05 December 2010
San Diego native Josh Cox won the 2010 Las Vegas Rock N’ Roll Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2:25:06. 40-year old Dorota Gruca, today on her birthday, was the female marathon winner finishing in 2:44:38. What a great birthday gift to herself. The race, sponsored by Zappos, featured nearly 30,000 runners for both the […]
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05 December 2010
Marathon wild child Leah Thorvilson was the female winner at the 2010 St. Jude Marathon on Sunday in Memphis with a time of 2:40:20. Second place female went to Firaya Sultanova-Zhda 2:52:09 and third to Muliye Gurmu in 2:54:05. Thorvilson, who is an elite female marathoner, has already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials. She […]
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