Some Running Updates
Thanks for your patience and understanding regarding the lack of running-related content of late. Despite my silence on the matter, plenty has been going on.My hip: I went to see Dr. Metzl on Monday,...
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Wednesday Wrap Up: VERT Race Series Trail Master Killah
Things are picking up steam with respect to training: I’m on target for 56 miles this week and a record high 60 miles next week. I’m also on pace for setting a record on the calorie consumption front,...
View ArticleTuesday Wrap Up: Styling and Etiquette for Runners
I was home sick yesterday after being up all night on Sunday with a horrible stomach ache, no doubt a result of drinking a two gallon strawberry milkshake on Sunday afternoon (I considered it...
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F*%k That Friday: Bedtime
We have been incredibly fortunate here in New York this summer, weather-wise. At this time of year, it's typically 92 with a heat index of 107 and 400% relative humidity, and my office is full of the...
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Tuesday Wrap Up: All The Miles
Last season, I felt like I was in over my head with respect to my training plan. The mileage seemed too high for me to manage, especially with how much I travel both for work and personally. In...
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Monday Wrap Up: The Nuanced Diet of the Distance Runner
Interested in a peek into my highly scientific approach to fueling as an endurance athlete? Today is your lucky day!Oops.Never fear - this was actually just a measure of my pre-run intake, which...
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Better Late Than Never
Today is Tuesday, September 23rd. My next marathon is 19 days away. This morning, I ran 21 miles. Taper: you're doing it wrong.The past couple weeks have been hectic and stressful: I was in LA for a...
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Sunday Wrap Up: Weather Woes
The fall marathon season is tricky: spanning from (roughly) the third week of September to Thanksgiving (California International Marathon in the first week of December is the notable outlier), a fall...
View ArticleMonday Wrap Up: In Which I'm the Protagonist in "Contagion: 2"
Today is Monday, and 6 days from now, I'll race the Chicago Marathon. In the past 6 days, I have suffered from:- one migraine headache- one non-migraine headache, which is an inconvenient side effect...
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Updates from My Death Bed
Well this was not the race week I'd hoped for.I stayed home sick yesterday, and dosed myself liberally with DayQuil, NyQuil, Zicam, Emergen-C, cough drops, honey, tea, and naps. And soup. So much...
View ArticleWe'll Miss You, Zelda
The running community lost a familiar face, as it was announced this week that Zelda, the Battery Park wild turkey, is feareddead. Though rather well-known among athletes who spent the early morning...
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Let's Do This: Chicago Marathon Goals
Despite my allegations to the contrary, I did manage to squeeze in 2 final miles at GMP this week ahead of the big dance on Sunday.And by "at GMP," I mean "whoops, that's too fast, please don't do...
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Monday Wrap Up: An A+ Weekend
That's the smile of a 3:13 marathoner. (Thanks for the photo, GCR!). Yesterday was a better-than-A+ race day. The stars were aligned (except the Garmin stars. Those burned out at mile 9. And again...
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Race Report: Chicago Marathon
On Sunday, I ran my 18th marathon in Chicago in 3:13:58. I have a weird anxious feeling like maybe I accidentally cheated or something, because a 3:13 marathon seems A LOT faster than I ever could...
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Monday Wrap Up: The Week After
I spent most of the week immediately following the marathon in a food-and-alcohol fueled stupor in Chicago. In addition to the mashed potato pizza establishment, I also found myself in a place that...
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How'd You Do That?
Since the Chicago Marathon last week, a lot of people have asked me how I got down to a 3:13 marathon from a 4:22. I'm still not convinced I didn't accidentally take a short cut, because it seems...
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Wednesday Wrap Up: I Almost Died Again
Last Friday morning, I went out for my run before work, as usual, and headed towards Central Park. I ran across 57th Street and turned uptown on Third Avenue. The light changed, and I ran through the...
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Monday Wrap Up: In Which I Complain About First-World Problems
Not a lot to report from the World HQ of Will Run For Beer. Last week saw my first double-digit run since the Chicago Marathon, which was nice evidence that I can, in fact, still run double digits. I...
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On The Run: San Francisco (Again)
Sometimes when I'm traveling for work and am slammed with meetings, the easiest way for me to adhere to my training plan is to just hit the treadmill; no mapping out routes in unfamiliar cities, no...
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Monday Wrap Up: California Dreaming
Shoot, what a nice series of runs I had in San Francisco last week. I already wrote about a number of them, but Friday morning’s run turned out to be the best of the bunch: I headed even further along...
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On The Run: Team RWB
Today is Veterans Day here in America, and in light of that, I thought I'd take a moment to share a little about an organization with which I've been involved for the past several weeks.Team RWB is...
View ArticleMonday Wrap Up: Crowd Sourcing Race Advice
In the month since the Chicago Marathon, I've said to quite a few people that, if I never ran a faster marathon, I'd still be happy and content. Sure, I might not feel that way 2 years from now, but in...
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Monday Wrap Ups: In Which A Child Ruined My Thanksgiving
It's been a hot minute since I've updated this space, so I'll quickly get through the wrap ups before tackling the matter at hand.Number of Miles Run, Week of 11/17: 34. This was the first week it...
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Wednesday Wrap Up: Ho, Ho, Ho-ly Crap
The title above could reference a number of things, including, but not limited to:my diet of late. All crap, all the time. Shockingly, a steady diet of baked brie hasn't been kind to me, my digestion,...
View ArticleSunday Wrap Up: So It Begins
I thought about treating myself to a pedicure when I got home from my run this morning, as a sort of "welcome to training season" sort of thing. Then I realized the worst possible use of money...
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