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Semper Currens III: Horses for Courses
Week Two Training Wrap-Up After running hard at the Boilermaker, I figured I would start the week gently, so I didn’t run run until Wednesday. Then I went long and slow on a very humid Saturday–one of my favorite routes … Continue reading
Semper Currens II: All About That Base
Week One Training Wrap-Up Only one week in, and already I’m going off script! But there’s a method to my madness.
Semper Currens: The 2015 Marine Corps Marathon Virtual Trainer and Run
What does semper currens mean? On October 25, I will be running in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC. This will be my seventh marathon and the biggest competitive marathon I have run to date. It will also be … Continue reading
Review: Sakyong Mipham’s Running with the Mind of Meditation
Two runners. The same, first marathon. Two injuries. And two totally different outcomes.
April Training Update
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a … Continue reading
366 Words About Nothing
This blog is about nothing. Well, not exactly. It’s about something. But just as Seinfeld was a show about nothing that somehow managed to fill 180 episodes with something, this blog will try to make something out of the nothing … Continue reading
Hanson’s Training, Week 12
I am exhausted. Worse, I’m now 2/3rds of the way through the Hanson’s program, and I still have no idea if I am going to pull off this ambitious escapade.
Interlude: Hanson’s Training, Week 6
This was the week of the Hanson’s program that I was dreading. The reality check. The moment when all those self-doubts I was experiencing a couple of weeks ago were going to come to the fore.
The Road to Toronto, Part 1: Hotter Than July
Week 4 of training concluded this weekend with a couple of chilly 6-milers. Already, the doubts are creeping in: doubts that I can follow this program to the letter, doubts that my second marathon will end better than my first. … Continue reading
Out with the Old, In with the New
New Year’s Day. It’s a time for reflecting on the past and making plans for the future. For me, it marks the end of a running year that saw me complete my first ever marathon and, after a quick 5K … Continue reading
Bruce Pegg 