[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This is the second in an occasional series about my preparations for the 2016 Comrades Marathon in South Africa. The first installment is here. Eleven months from today, I hope to be among 20,000 runners pounding the 90 kilometers (56 miles) of pavement between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, South Africa in …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] One of the biggest changes in the fitness industry in the last five years has been the explosion of options in wearable fitness tracking technology. The number of companies in the market– and all of the options each of those companies offers– is really quite …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Everything that I’ve read about Comrades– all the different voices and experiences– is in agreement about one point: Real training for Comrades starts January 1st. Most training plans for people like me (read: novices who are trying to finish comfortably under the 12-hour limit but have no hope of running …
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.20.1″] Pre-race anxiety is a marathoner’s right, and I am experiencing it in a new and different way right now. I have run 10 marathons before, but only once did I fly to the event. I was flying from a cold climate (Boston in …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Despite my pleading with my husband for the last 15 years, I don’t have a dog. I’d love to have a dog, not only to play fetch with in the backyard but to take with me on runs, too. But knowing how hot I get on summer runs, I feel …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] About six weeks ago, I got the good news that my name was drawn in the lottery to run in the New York City Marathon this November. This is a dream come true, as I turn 40 this fall and wanted to mark the milestone with something to prove to myself …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This post has been several years in the writing. It all started with this New York Times article about barefoot running that was published in 2011. I’d heard about barefoot running from some friends and seen the funky looking “toe shoes” around my local running trail. You know the ones: …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I posted a few months ago that I was training to run the Falmouth Road Race as part of Boston Children’s Hospital Miles for Miracles Team. I wanted to do something to give back to the Boston running and medical community after the attacks at the finish line of this year’s …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] As a former Bostonian and a four-time Boston Marathoner, I am saddened deeply by today’s cowardly acts. The perpetrator chose to attack one of America’s finest traditions, an event unifies people of all races, nationalities, and socio-economic backgrounds. Just as I was celebrating the amazing world-record run by Joan Benoit …
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I’ve mentioned before that I don’t listen to music when I run. This isn’t some grand philosophy about maximizing muscle recruitment or anything– I just don’t like wearing headphones. (It’s also not about just needing to find the very best earbuds ever– I don’t like sound in my ears. I’m …
