I am finally a three-hour marathoner. Not a sub-three-hour marathoner, but a three-almost-on-the-nose marathoner. I imagine I now know how Eliud Kipchoge felt when he didn’t quite break the two-hour barrier last May coming in at 2:00:25. My official time was 3:00:29, 6.5 minutes faster than my best race in January. Sooooo close! While I […]
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Getting Through Taper Week Without Tantrums
Taper week can do some crazy things to runners. Some people feel nervous and anxious about the big day. Without as much running scheduled to ease the mind, nerves can get a bit frazzled. We worry about losing fitness and gaining weight, we obsessively stalk the weather forecast, and we stress about making sure every […]