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I’ll admit, being at the late-end of that age group has a psychological cushion to soften the blow.

I’ll admit, being at the late-end of that age group has a psychological cushion to soften the blow.

She was ahead of us within the first five steps off the start, and became little more than a blur in the distance ahead of me.


You take a painkiller and keep going because missing a run is bigger than a training hit...

One of those tactics of race prep that tends to fall by the wayside is figuring out what fuels you in the day before a race.

I’ve devoted a substantial amount of word count to detailing the efforts I’ve made to lose a bit of weight.

...the problem has never been lack of thirst or that I’m some kind of half-man half-camel creature.

I was pretty sure I would have inherited the family physique and been a connoisseur of stretchy pants and diabetes medications.

Then, race morning I woke up and stepped out of bed at around 5am and I felt it.