The half marathon morphed to 20 miles.
Had the roadways to myself.
Surreal.
Covid-19.
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My first 3 half-marathons began and ended at our mailbox.
No trophy.
No participation medal.
No commemorative runner’s bib.
Not even a mention on social media.
i just did it.
Maybe that’s the slogan that should replace just do it.
PS. Not judging people who seek the recognition, just saying there’s another option, one that i believe pays far deeper dividends. i’ve done both, which allows me to offer a personal comparison.
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Barrier breakers.
The two-hour marathon barrier was broken yesterday.
Carefully orchestrated, precisely executed, decently promoted.
The time won’t count as a world record because so many factors were manipulated to facilitate the achievement.
Even so, a human ran the distance and the time.
Things are only impossible until it’s done the first time.
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Never intended to run a half-marathon yesterday.
But am no longer surprised at logging three miles of warmup before the actual track workout. And three miles of cool down is also no longer a surprise.
Just warming up and cooling down is farther than i ran between 1999 – 2014. Retirement blew things up.
Simply running enough 400-meter intervals, with a 400-meter walk between each can cover six miles, if you do 12 x 400-meters.
Two weeks into track work and the times are coming down. Slow and steady.
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Ever head out the door and come home with the surprise of a lifetime? A half-marathon on an ordinary morning. How is this even remotely possible?
When we don’t think about our limitations, do they exist?
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