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Endurance goals for runners and walkers can be a slippery topic. We come to endurance running and walking from many different backgrounds. Some of us were on track teams in high school. Others got into the sport late in life. Our paces are all over the place. We have lots of different ambitions. We have …
Here are ten ways to be a happier runner or walker in ten minutes or less, in honor of Happiness Happens Day, which is today, August 8th. In celebration of everyone who appreciates that happiness is a moral obligation, in celebration of the pursuit of happiness, and in celebration of everyone’s birthright to be happy, …
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There are many things your fellow marathoners won’t tell you during the race, just as there are many they won’t tell you before the race. In truth, it’s the “during” part of the race where they have the most to tell you — but won’t. But, I will. I am compelled to tell you. Your …
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There are many things your fellow marathoners won’t tell you before the start of the race. Are you surprised by this? Did you ever see the episode of The Twilight Zone in which the lead character could hear what the other characters were thinking? Although it seemed initially attractive to the lead character, this “skill” soon became …
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The “How to Start Exercise” topic seems, at first glance, to be something of interest only to newcomers to exercise. However, veteran marathoners, half-marathoners, and other endurance runners and walkers sometimes need help with re-starting a workout routine, and this mental trick that I want to share with you here could apply to the topic …
I was excited and delighted two months ago, when I ran my first negative-split marathon, even though it was also then my worst chip-time in a marathon. Last month, I had a harder time in the next marathon, got a very positive split, and set an even newer personal worst (PW) for my marathon record. …
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Surfside Beach Marathon 2012 yesterday is supposedly the only marathon that is run entirely on the beach. The marathon course in Surfside Beach, Texas, is a flattened loop stretching 13.1 miles from turnaround to turnaround, with the start/finish line about 2.5 miles from one of the turnarounds. The weather yesterday morning made it feel as …
The 2012 Texas Marathon and Houston Marathon were just two weeks apart — on January 1st and January 15th, respectively. I got to participate in both of them, and finishing yet another two marathons that close together was educational. What made those fifteen days even more fun was getting to see IN PERSON (Woo-hoo!) the …
Guest Article by Holly Herman I started running marathons in 1996. I had been running for many years. I had recently moved to New York from San Diego. I missed my running buddies, and my motivation was beginning to lag. I needed a new goal to keep me in shape. Over the next ten years …
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“Volunteer for happiness?” Can anyone do this? What does this really mean? And why am I writing about this today? Let me answer these questions in reverse order. First, I am writing about volunteering for happiness today, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA, because today is a fitting day to …