Tag Archives: Running

The One Percent

Posted on November 7, 2011 by scoopsontherun

I remember reading an article sometime last year that said about less than one percent of the human population has run a marathon. I have now run in two. This one hurt so much more than the first but I … Continue reading →

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Downtime

Posted on November 4, 2011 by scoopsontherun

The Internet is down at work and Verizon is working on it. Since my job is the Internet I’m sitting here twirling my thumbs and am getting more antsy by the minute. Thank goodness for iPhones and IPads. On the … Continue reading →

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Dear ING NYC Marathon

Posted on November 1, 2011 by scoopsontherun

Hi NYC Marathon! I’m back! Remember when I wrote you last year and asked you to take care of me? I am happy to say that you did indeed do everything I asked of you. So, for this year can … Continue reading →

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Snow!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by scoopsontherun

This post was originally supposed to be my Poland Spring Marathon Tuneup race re-cap but mother nature had some other ideas like dumping a shit load of snow — on October! My marathon training plan called for an eight mile … Continue reading →

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Taper Time!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by scoopsontherun

So yeah, I did that 20 mile long run on Sunday and when I finished that it signaled the official start of my taper. This will be my second marathon taper so I’m kinda like whatever. I remember last year … Continue reading →

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Bury Me on the Battery

Posted on October 10, 2011 by scoopsontherun

After two weekends of long runs in Central Park I rewarded my legs with a long run on a semi-flat course along the Hudson River. Many, many years ago when I first started making regular visits to Christopher Street hanging … Continue reading →

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Holy Chafing Batman!

Posted on September 26, 2011 by scoopsontherun

Somehow this past summer I accomplished an amazing task — I managed to not get any sunburns or chafing. One 18 mile long run in Central Park, in fall, took care of that. It was so hot and muggy during … Continue reading →

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Stronger

Posted on September 17, 2011 by scoopsontherun

Every once in a while you have a string of really great runs and feel on top of the world. It was like that for me when I was training for the Philadelphia Half Marathon. Every one of those training … Continue reading →

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