Tag Archives | Running

26.2

Yes­ter­day I com­pleted the Colum­bus Marathon — my first 26.2 mile run.  Even bet­ter I got to share the expe­ri­ence with my best friend, my wife Colleen, who was there with me for every step.  It has been a long jour­ney for us.  Just over a 1 1/2 years ago, we decided to start running. […]

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Feeling Cross

At just under a month until race day, I am now run­ning longer dis­tances than I ever knew pos­si­ble. I am learn­ing first hand that pound­ing your feet on the pave­ment for hours at a time causes one to expe­ri­ence con­sid­er­able amounts of pain. Joints, mus­cles, bones — you name it and it’s prob­a­bly a […]

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Pace

I am just over a month away from run­ning my first marathon. My abil­ity to fin­ish the 26.2 miles is largely depen­dent on find­ing a pace that I can sus­tain for the long haul. If my pace is too fast, I will burn out; too slow and I will under­per­form. The chal­lenge is to run […]

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One Small Step

One of my goals for 2010 is to run 1,000 miles. Another is to com­plete my first marathon. Both — no sur­prise — are requir­ing me to run far and run often. When I chose these goals I assumed that the hard­est part would be find­ing the strength to push ahead as the dis­tance steadily […]

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2009 — The Highlight Reel

2009 was an amaz­ing year for me.  I decided I would end the year with a blog post ver­sion of my high­light reel for the year.   Life has its share of ups and downs, but I feel like I get a lot more good than bad every day.  For that I am grate­ful.  It […]

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Hurts So Good

WE DID IT! Yes­ter­day, my wife and I both ran our first 1/2 marathon — The Nation­wide Bet­ter Health Colum­bus 1/2 Marathon.  We were joined the whole way by our friends Dana & Patty Ran­dall,  Colum­bus natives and also neo­phytes to the 13.1 mile jour­ney.  The day could not have been more per­fect.  Today I simply […]

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Adding Fun to Your Run with Nike Plus

Hi, my name is Dave, and I am a nerd… a nerd who is try­ing to get in shape by run­ning every day even though run­ning alone can be mun­dane.  A nerd who is stay­ing inter­ested in run­ning by gath­er­ing data about my run­ning using an awe­some gad­get called Nike Plus.  If you are a […]

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