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Rogue Expeditions Review: Kenya 2016
I’m not a tour group person. In my view, it’s no longer ‘your’ vacation. Rather, you’re stuck with endless compromises, usually to satisfy the grumblers, or the least physically able people in the group. The paradox? It’s really, really hard … Continue reading
Posted in Running, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged kenya, rogue expeditions, running vacation
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Tragedy and Triumph at the 2016 Vermont Marathon
Race Report: Vermont City Marathon I’ve wanted to run this race for awhile now; I’ve always heard good things about its organization, and Burlington is just a nice little town perched on Lake Champlain surrounded by the Green Mountains. The … Continue reading
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Can I Be “F40-44” Forever?
I’m a little afraid to say how great 2013 turned out to be. I often kept thinking “is this my peak year?” and “what happens next year?” Well, that’s malarkey. I know that 2014 will be whatever I make of … Continue reading
Posted in Running, Triathlons
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Race Report: Hambletonian Marathon (or Why I Might Be Ruined for Big-City Marathons)
Through late summer and early fall, I’d been semi-training for a marathon. I wasn’t too sure which one. There were several I was eyeballing. It was interesting doing this training-but-not-training thing. Instead of plotting out each and every weekend and … Continue reading
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Ironmanish
Mist rises over the lake as the pre-dawn full moon catches wisps of fog. Birds begin their morning chatter as the eastern sky begins to glow orange, lighting the low peaks of the Pocono-mountain landscape. Dew covers the ground, bending … Continue reading
For 10 years running
This October marks my tenth year as a runner. The me from 15 or 20 years ago would have found that absurd.
Paul Ryan’s marathon claim is about as real as Paul Bunyan
Okay, I know this controversy is pretty well over — Paul Ryan has copped to the facts: He never ran a sub 3:00 marathon as he claimed on a radio talk show. Here’s the relevant snippet from the 8/22 interview … Continue reading
Part of me in the NYT
So, briefly, I was a tiny fairy light in the niche-y world of vegan athletes* when my essay “My Vegan Marathon” was published on the New York Times** website last month. You can read the essay for yourself. Thing is, … Continue reading
Posted in Published stuff, Running
Tagged Born to Run, Running, Scott Jurek, The New York Times, Vegan
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