Tag: running
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Overcoming Pain As a New Runner
In late April I started running consistently again after a ten-year absence. I had several false starts during those ten years, and always gave up due primarily to knee pain and trying to do too much, too soon. With this new start, I told myself I’d keep the minutes way down. I started with only ten…
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A Few Steps Before Taking Those First Steps
As you may know, after a ten year absence, I’ve taken up running again. Though I started in late April, I didn’t have the nerve to write about it until now for fear it’d be yet another false start. Well, here we are in early July, and I’ve managed to stick with it. I think–hope–it’s…
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Back On the Road
In junior high and high school, I ran mostly sprints. My specialties were the 100, the 200, and the 300 intermediate hurdles. Long distance running seemed like something attractive to masochists. I could never fathom why someone would voluntarily run more than 55 seconds. Then a funny thing happened. I found myself coaching cross country…
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Support An A-T Marathoner For The Chicago Marathon
The following comes from my brother-in-law, Chad Schultz: Friends and Family, Join me in supporting the A-T Children’s Project by sponsoring me in my marathon efforts. I am raising money for a cure or life-improving therapies for a rare genetic disease called ataxia-telangiectasia, or A-T for short. Visit my fundraising page, and please pass…
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