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The Final Countdown
They say a photo is worth a thousand words. This photo is actually worth over 160,000 words. 18 years. 12 columns a year. 750 words per column – give or take. And that’s just the written words. There’s...
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Monumental Running
Penguin Chronicle :: August 1996 :: Monumental Running We all have favorite places to run. Sometimes a route is so familiar that we can run it on autopilot, allowing our minds to rummage through...
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One of my favorite runs in London is through Hyde Park. No big surprise. There may not be a more beautiful inner city run anywhere in the world. What may be a surprise to those who simply put on their...
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Back to Basics
The secret to running well is simpler than you think. In a past life, I earned a doctorate in education and spent years working in higher ed. One of my greatest influences was my doctoral adviser, the...
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Body Language
I thought my sturdy frame could take just about anything – until it talked back. Early this year, I was running often and well, doing more speed workouts (okay, maybe not technically speed workouts,...
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Correct and Redirect
Starting out without starting over. You never know when some tidbit of wisdom is going to drop into your life. Often the most salient advice comes when you least expect it. Like when getting a haircut....
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Running in circles
Track workouts can take you places the open road can’t. Okay, I was wrong. For years, the whole idea of track workouts for someone like me just didn’t make any sense. It’s bad enough to be slow when...
View ArticleTools of the Trade
To keep running well, sometimes you have to be your own mechanic. Having spent part of my professional career fixing motorcycles for a living, I know a lot of mechanics. The good ones have a whole...
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My Way of the Highway
Sometimes it pays to ask for directions. My wife, Jenny, recently gave me a GPS navigation unit – not the kind you run with but the kind for your car. Plug in your destination, and the GPS calculates...
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Running in Circles
Track workouts can take you places the open road can’t. Okay, I was wrong. For years, the whole idea of track workouts for someone like me just didn’t make any sense. It’s bad enough to be slow when...
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