Month: October 2015
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Remember the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”…
I watched a good friend of mine cross the Ironman finish line after 15 hours of pain and fatigue. A friend who only 12 months ago tore his patella tendon requiring surgery. He never thought he would do it. To be honest a few of us who have trained with him also had doubts as…
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The Chicago Marathon 2015 – Part 2 of the 640 Challenge – An introspective
It was dark, somewhere in the darkness an owl hooted, ok it was not an owl but the alarm clock in our hotel room going off at 5am! Actually 5am is probably a lay in compared to the 4am training runs, but sh!t the day was finally here! We had survived training injury free (Well…
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Breaking your cherry…..(marathon style)
All the worries of that first time event, some answers and a plea for help!