Hello again, dear readers! In the months since our last checkin, I decided to finally register for my second 50K race. My first was at Pineland, in New Gloucester Maine, in 2023. That didn’t go as well as I had hoped, and I vowed at the time that it would not be my only 50KContinue reading “9/18/25: Racing as Training”
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Why I Decided to Fire My (Virtual) Coach
Last August, I broke my Garmin watch while playing catcher for my “old men” baseball team. In 2019 I bought a Forerunner 35 as my first runner’s watch, one that I selected because it was the simplest model available at the time. I wanted a watch that would record my distance and pace, and captureContinue reading “Why I Decided to Fire My (Virtual) Coach”
10/20/24: Rome Half Marathon
This one was a win for the algorithm. Sometime early in 2024, a race ad came across my Facebook feed, as has happened many times in recent years. “Announcing the Roma Half Marathon.” As readers of this blog are aware, Katie and I love a good destination race. Readers may not know that I loveContinue reading “10/20/24: Rome Half Marathon”
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