Race Recap

Portland Marathon 2014

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 [...]

By |2014-10-05T17:34:42-04:00October 5, 2014|Running|5 Comments

Tacoma City Marathon 2014

A roller coaster ride. This marathon, number 13 in my collection of 26.2 mile runs, was one of the more difficult.  I don’t think it had much to do with the event falling two weeks after Boston.  My legs felt pretty good going into marathon weekend.  I kept a good pace until mile 19 when things started falling apart.  My mind turned to thoughts like “I don’t need to push it.  I just want to finish as a Maniac finisher in the group’s main race.”  Yet, at the same time, I was thinking “You know if you come in over [...]

By |2014-05-06T20:43:07-04:00May 6, 2014|Races|11 Comments
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