Category Archives: Running

The Story You Didn’t Hear

Posted on October 9, 2007 by 21cm

Make that stories….. see update below. There was an amazing, come from behind win at the Chicago Marathon. The 2nd place winner got smoked in the last 50 yards. The link above will give you better video than the embedded … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Marion Makes History

Posted on October 5, 2007 by 21cm

Marion Makes History was the title on the cover of Track and Field Magazine just after she won 5 medals at the 2000 Olympic games. She’s making history again – admitting to her use of illegal, performance enhancing drugs prior … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Runner Down

Posted on October 1, 2007 by 21cm

I got a very sad email this evening from our friend the Black Knight who tells me Yesterday I got home after 13 days in the hospital for a surgery to rebuild my thigh bone broken in 2 parts with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Helpful Training Hint

Posted on July 30, 2007 by 21cm

Today’s helpful training hint is this: If your weekly running has averaged 3 – 6 miles per week and you are doing a half marathon on Sunday, do not run 9 hard miles the Monday before. And if you can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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No PR Today

Posted on July 4, 2007 by 21cm

Today I ran a local 5K that was well attended by my race club. My goal was to beat my last 5K time of 29:29 although I failed to note a few key differences about these 2 races. When I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Don’t You Believe It

Posted on July 2, 2007 by 21cm

Lee Gruenfields has this goofy generic race report creator. He states: Interestingly, everybody who writes about Ironman thinks he’s being original, and spends an awful lot of energy in the process of re-creating the same thing that’s been written before. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Don’t You Believe It

Posted on July 2, 2007 by 21cm

Lee Gruenfields has this goofy generic race report creator. He states: Interestingly, everybody who writes about Ironman thinks he’s being original, and spends an awful lot of energy in the process of re-creating the same thing that’s been written before. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Running, triathlon | 11 Comments

Battling our Monsters

Posted on June 14, 2007 by 21cm

Tomorrow I go down to San Diego to fetch my daughter Pookie who has just finished her frehsman year of college. Go Pooks! I will be yelling Go Pooks! again on July 4 as she joins me in a local … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hurts So Good

Posted on April 15, 2007 by 21cm

I’m back! After a forced rest of 5 days I managed to get back in the saddle yesterday (literally) and I managed to make my race today. My hammy is just fine but my inner thigh hurts – the way … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It Was My First Time and it Felt Special

Posted on February 9, 2007 by 21cm

A couple of days before the Kaiser Half Marathon someone from my new, terra firma race club Forward Motion, a.k.a. FoMo, sent out an email asking if anyone wanted to car pool. Since I’m new to the group and am … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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