#12834 How to Plan for an International Marathon #12833 When should you not finish a race? #12832 Kenya's Elisha Rotich eyes record breaking time at Frankfurt Marathon #12831 Kenyan duo of Daniel Mateiko and Agnes Ngetich lead Kenyan charge at the Valencia half marathon Fri, October 25th #1...
Very nicely, at the end of this paperback edition, he includes an extra glossary of terms and words sharing a selection of them that people sent into him after reading the hardback – including my favourite, dimpsey, meaning the semi-dark around dawn and dusk, a West Country word I have ...
Alas, relying on willpower is a fool’s errand. Willpower won’t make you a better runner. It’s fleeting and unreliable.Instead, we must develop strategies for the very problems that we plan on experiencing. We must plan ahead, recognizing that adversity is part of running and that will...
As the course nears miles 20, there is crowd support for the first time. This is a welcomed sight, as it was getting warm, and the elevation drop was less noticeable, meaning I had to readjust form and power after so much downhill to find my legs. It was around mile 20-21 that my...
To the well-meaning but derisive hoots of Jack and Chris, I headed back to town and an uncertain evening with Jamie. Would she show up with an orange-tail filefish in her luggage? A world-record clown triggerfish? She is clearly capable of anything. It was great to see her. Despite my...
Like a few years earlier, the doctor gave him a handful of antibiotics to take for a few days that would clear up the infection. It wasn't a big deal. In fact, as King describes it, it was "simply an errand to run". "It was the price of doing business and it wasn't a high...