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Reports
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Limits, sort of like giving 110%
I really love listening to coaches and athletes talk about a particular performance - "they gave 110% out there today, I'm really proud of them!" or "I knew it was up to me, so I dug deep and came up with 110% effort."
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We run on a very fine edge
One of my athletes asked about running the NYC Marathon. She was tired and verging on injury. I recommended not to run the marathon. That was three weeks ago. Now she is asking about the Las Vegas Half Marathon in 12 weeks.
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Challenge
An athlete I'm working with is in the final few weeks of preparation for the UltraMan in Hawaii - three days of triathlon: 10 Km swim and 90 miles of cycling on day one. Day two is 171.4 miles of cycling! Day three is 52.4 miles of running!
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The Hard and The Easy
At times it seems so easy. Just keep doing what I’ve been doing for almost 30 years. At other times is seems so hard. Just getting out the door. It’s an old refrain, nothing new. But, it is so unfamiliar it seems completely new.
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The Mountain
It was in September of 1985. I had started doing Ultras earlier that year. Ralph was the motivation behind my venturing past the marathon distance. As I recall, we were running back to New Jersey, crossing the George Washington Bridge when he stopped. It was a clear cool night. There was a moon
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State Line
Cycling has never been like my running. It’s always been harder. And it’s always been easier. I’m sure you understand. You don’t have to be a runner to know what I mean. You don’t have to be a cyclist to know what I mean.
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The Hill - the original
I’m not doing much training right now. Ever since I shattered my collarbone last July, I’ve struggled to get back into training.
You know what I miss about training?
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Bleeker Street
Written in October 2001.
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SOS - Survival of the Shawangunks Battle Story
About a year or so ago, someone told me about a race called “The Survival of the Shawangunks”. Evidently, it was some crazy race where you bike, run and swim about a million miles, carrying everything you need with you. It sounded like just the type of race for me.
Charles Olson '04
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The Ocean is my Gatorade
Today was a lovely day for a swim in the ocean. Overcast, and cool 70 degrees with a nice ocean breeze, 68 degree choppy water with 4 foot swells and green as a bottle of Heineken.
By Charles Olson '04
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The Old Elm Tree
At the Engineers Gate in Central Park (90th Street and Fifth Avenue) there's an Elm Tree (I use a capital Tree because the diameter of this tree is at least 6 feet across). It sits almost exactly at the finish line for many NYRRC races and for many of my runs in Central Park.
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I recognized the look in his face
I recognized the look on his face. It was that familiar look – satisfaction and pain. It was the first time I saw it on his face.
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One Foot in Front of The Other - year end musing
Winter always makes us look back on the past year and sometimes longer. A look back on favorite running routes covers a lot of ground.
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Wham BAM Thank You #33...
NYC Marathon 2002, 33rd marathon, 12th NYC Marathon
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Slant Six Mind, Super Charged Heart
There are times and places that we run that become a window to our soul and heart.
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The Hill
Do you have the right gearing for those hills?
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You Know I'm Gonna Miss You When I'm Gone
Going to the edge...
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Tracks
An athlete I'm coaching goggled my name and found this. I wrote in in January 2001 and it was posted on Slowtwitch.com.
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Marc's Story
Marc's an athlete I coached for the 2004 NYC Marathon.
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Ouch!
I was on a “recovery” ride with Julie yesterday around 10am. The park was fairly empty and the weather was wonderful.
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The Damage Done
Thinking back on the event, I realize that much of what happened is not clear. I crashed, that I know.
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