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Tag: Marathon
After eight straight years of doing the Philly Marathon, which I love and is pretty much the perfect setting for a 26.2-mile race, I decided to do something different this fall. Looking into various October and November races in the area, I chose the Bucks County Marathon because it was a smaller race—okay, very small, capped at 500 runners—and most importantly, it would be a new experience for me.
Philadelphia native Fran Baxter spent the last five months training for a marathon and not once in that entire time did he mention it to another person or post about it online.
Comment “that’s so cool, just like my marathon training” on all friends’ Facebook posts. Call sports talk radio program every week with your training updates. Lightly jog everywhere in the…
Warning signs you’re about to throw in your gym towel: You participated in a yoga class while eating a McMuffin. You left one of your running shoes on the deck…
“I’m motivated by that ‘Not-seeing-my-family-high’ that many runners get after logging in a few miles on the pavement. It makes all the leg cramps, eroded cartilage, third-degree sunburn, pants crapping, and the intense stabbing pain the jets up through my spine every time I begin to move my feet all worth it.”