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Space Coast Marathon: Mission Columbia
Second marathon in my mission to join Marathon Maniacs. With an 18 miler one week ago, a 30K trail race two weeks ago, and a marathon three weeks ago, I knew trying to race Space Coast Marathon all out...
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The Craziness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was originally a short story (Alan Sillitoe, 1959) and then a film (1962). I have not read it or watched it yet but I like the title and it influenced the...
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Close to Home
I remember receiving all kinds of text messages, phone calls, and facebook messages last year asking if I was in Boston. Thankfully I was not. I could not imagine being there during the bombings. My...
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Grateful
When training and racing are going well, it is easy to start to take it all for granted. I have been running and racing since 1986 when I began a run/walk program to earn a fitness badge in Girl Scouts...
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Listening at the Midnight Run
After several weeks of physical therapy, cross training, and not running, I was cleared to start running again. I followed my physical therapist’s advice and literally started with five minutes of...
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Suncoast Striders Walking & Running Club
The Suncoast Striders started out in 2006 as a club based out of On A Shoestring Inc., the local specialty running store in Bradenton, Florida. They offered an organized walk/run on Monday nights for...
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This time it was no picnic!
One of my all-time favorite races is the Picnic Island Adventure Run in Tampa, Florida. It is actually a series of three races that take place once a month on Friday nights in May, June, and July. Hot...
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The Reluctant Race Director
I never wanted to be a race director. But, as head cross country coach at Manatee High School, it came with the job. The Canes Cross Country Classic 5K is held every year on Labor Day and it serves...
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It’s pretty much all runnable except…
Words I had never heard describe a race course before I asked what the Paris Mountain 16K Trail Race was like: “It’s pretty much all runnable except the ten minutes it takes to ‘hike’ up the mountain.”...
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Tales of a recovering over racer
Addiction is a powerful thing. I am not sure exactly when it happened but suddenly I found myself wanting to run all the races! Between the Celebration Marathon in January and Boston Marathon in April,...
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