July 2012
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WSJ.com - Bodies Built for Gold →
arunninglifewithfriends:
“The ultimate Olympic outlier may be Usain Bolt, the 6-foot-5-inch sprinter who excels in a discipline where height was long thought to be a disadvantage. The reason: a quick start is essential, and unfolding a bigger frame can waste precious time in a race decided by hundredths of a second.
If Mr. Bolt had been born in the U.S. instead of Jamaica, he’d be catching...
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Sometimes, when I'm not running...
… I do things like this.
Slightly non-running-related for a running-related blog, I agree. However, it is ME-related, and seeing as I’m putting quite a lot of ME-related stuff on this blog, I figured I’d share. You know, it’s something different, and although 85% of my wardrobe is sportswear, it proves that I do occasionally wear clothes not made of drifit and lycra (not...
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“Our bonds formed by sweat earned on the concrete…”
– Bruda Dre
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LDN Calling - BRIDGE THE GAP
I feel like I’ve been living my life on hyperdrive since mid-June. Subsequently, I’m SHATTERED and I now have a cold. Which BLOWS.
After two whirlwind weeks in New York City, I returned to London for another Bridge The Gap summit-type-international-meeting-of-runners-to-party-and-run-and-party thing. Absolutely wild and absolutely brilliant.
Last time, in Berlin, six crews congregated, ran a...
I may not be a fast runner, I may not look good...
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MY FAT CHANCE: I'm Scared →
Very real thoughts that I share with Nathanial (just on a half marathon scale):
myfatchance:
On the date listed above, in just over 2 months in fact. I will be walking up to the start line of my second ever Marathon. As you know, in April I ran the Virgin London Marathon. It was one of the greatest experiences in my life and I truly believe it was a monumental moment in my life so…
