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Race Report: The 2010 Disney Marathon

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by Mike on 1/14/2010

in Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat, Perpetual Beta : Release

I did it. Sometime after I started seriously running just under two years ago, part of me decided that it wasn’t enough to run a 5K, or a 10K – I would someday run a marathon. Nevermind that the longest I’d ever run before was 6 miles, back when I was 18 and invincible. Somehow, [...]

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Eighteen. Uh-oh.

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by Mike on 12/13/2009

in Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat, Perpetual Beta : Release

Eighteen miles, in a car, is not far at all. It’s a brief excursion; a side trip; a short jaunt. On two feet, eighteen miles is brutal. Thirteen? Doable. Fifteen? Challenging, but still enjoyable. Eighteen miles is pain – a totally different beast from the slightly shorter distances. I’ve tried it twice now, once by [...]

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A Lunatic Races the Sun

by Mike on 11/15/2009

in Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat, Perpetual Beta : Release

Sunrises and dolphins The lunatic ran along the edge of the bay, under the just-risen sun. It was 7:30 in the morning, and the lunatic was just finishing his eleventh mile. The lunatic hit a milestone just before the fourteen-mile marker. It was the longest distance he’d ever run. As if to celebrate the accomplishment, [...]

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The Joy and Pain of a First Half-marathon

by Mike on 3/7/2009

in Best of Release, Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat, Perpetual Beta : Release

With just under two miles to go, my legs were frozen in agony. I tried relaxing the foot, and was rewarded with the kind of pain I would expect if I had detached the calf on one end, tied it to a tree, and kept walking.

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Achievement Unlocked: Longest Run Ever

by Mike on 12/31/2008

in Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat

Back At It A Good Start and a Frustrating Stop After a seemingly strong start, and then a bit of a setback, I’ve been pounding pavement again. July and August were a bit frustrating, but on Labor Day I was able to run the Nike+ 10K (on a treadmill, on vacation, but I did it.) [...]

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Three Plus Four

by Mike on 7/7/2008

in Left Foot, Right Foot, Repeat

If you’ve been waiting with bated breath for my next running report, you’ve probably been sadly disappointed. Then again, if you cared that much about it, then odds are you’re already one of the people who knows I’ve been nursing a leg injury these last several weeks. Warming up for my last race, on May [...]

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