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Psst! Want to hear a big secret? It might get me banned from the cool table at my running club, but here goes: Running an ultramarathon isn't that hard. Make no mistake: I'm not saying it's easy. But running 50 miles isn't twice as hard as running a marathon, and going from marathon-to-50 is definitely…
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I like air conditioning. I like baths. I like reading books in a cozy chair. And I'm not afraid to admit that in our house, my wife does most of the yardwork while I do most of the cooking. For all of these reasons, I'm an indoorsman. And that's why I always thought trail running…
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20 trail miles, 2 unplanned In further preparation for my first 50K (five days left!), I went for a long run this weekend with some friends, on the course where my second 50K — this one in January — will be run. We planned on 18 miles, but got lost for a little bit and…
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Happy Monday everyone, sorry for no post this weekend. It was a toss up between living life and blogging about life, and the living won out. Sorry, blogging! The first week of my run-every-day-in-November challenge went great. I did in fact run every day, capping it all off with a 15-mile trail run on Saturday…
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Vibram FiveFingers Review I've had my Vibram FiveFingers for a few weeks now. A lot of you had asked me to let to you know how I like them, but I really won't be able to do that until I've built up enough mileage in them to go for longer runs. At this point I'm…
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It's official — I'm hooked on trail running. And I can't say I saw this one coming. I've long considered myself an indoorsman; even as a kid I preferred to stay home and read a book than go out on a hike. To this day, hiking sounds miserable to me. When I'm camping and everyone…
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