So I'm tapering. Also, I'm trying to shake a nasty cold I've managed to catch so that I'm healthy on race day. What all this means is that I have a lot more spare time than I'm accustomed to having, and I've been haunting the sports psychol...
Mar 31st 2009, 4:47pm
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I grew up way out in the boondocks of Idaho, and still have a soft spot for expressions like "nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs." And when I first heard runners use the expression "the hay is in the barn" to indicate t...
Mar 22nd 2009, 5:49pm
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(Warning: this post will seem trivial and self-indulgent to non-runners, who know that the earth is warming and the economy is tanking and all kinds of shit is happening. This is for runners, who wil...
Mar 19th 2009, 4:52pm
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I ran my last 22-miler before Paris up on Leif today. Finished in 3:09, cruising what felt pretty easily the whole way, in intermittent rain and hail and a whole lot of mud. The hay isn't quite all in the barn yet, but it's stacking up nice...
Mar 15th 2009, 9:36pm
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If you look at the home page for the Gonzales, Texas newspaper, you’ll see a picture of me running in a cheerleading skirt and a jaunty cowboy hat, carrying a flag. My team surrounds me, dressed in matching white shirts. All of us smi...
Mar 12th 2009, 4:32pm
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