Somewhere between 1000 and 1200 miles of running later, I hope tackling my marathon seems much easier. Especially because I get to eat.
Eight weeks ago I set out on my NYC Marathon “official 12 weeks of training.” Since then, I covered some 800 plus miles in my attempt for a successful 26.2. Yes, I ran consistently before [...]
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26.2, the hungry and hopefully you
42,000 People Running a Marathon; and Me
(This piece contains a slightly more than moderate tone of sarcasm.)
He died.
That’s how the story of the creation of the marathon ends. The Athenian Pheidippides ran from the battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon. Then he died. Supposedly he collapsed from [...]