Portland Marathon

From “The Oregon Distance Runner” Oregon Road Runners Club, September 2014 by Larry Axmaker.  Excerpts from his article… “What is a Runner?  Runners are dreamers, eternal optimists and often out of touch with reality. No surprise here. So pushing yourself to the edge of death and destruction is normal, and, of course, will surely make you stronger and faster! And if this doesn’t work it’s because you didn’t try hard enough!”….”Non runners already know that nobody in their right mind would regularly subject body and mind to long, painful, hot, rugged, and dangerous runs.” “How Do Runners Think (Assuming They [...]