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First Day 5K 2019

This was clearly the BEST way to start the new year!!! Despite being out celebrating last night, staying up till 1AM and not having run in a week, I had a great race. It helped that the weather was near … Continue reading

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Creating Real-Time Goals

At the beginning of the 2017 season I had just one goal; to complete the season happy. I succeeded at that goal and gained new confidence in my ability to rebound from a couple of challenging years. I started the … Continue reading

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Bucket List vs Lifestyle Changes

  When I was 49 I decided that if I didn’t start getting serious about my goals I might miss out on doing things that I spent a lot of my adult life wishing I had done. It was that … Continue reading

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Re-emerging from the Desert

I could spend a lot of time and space reviewing the fits and starts of my fitness journey over the past year and half; rationalizing and chatting about “re-booting”, injury recovery, feeling a lack of motivation but that would just … Continue reading

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Finding My Groove

    It seems the year has a few different starting points. There is the traditional January 1-New Year’s Day-make all your resolutions start. Then there is the Sept 1-Back to School time where everyone seems to get back into … Continue reading

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The Big Re-Boot – 4 Realizations

I have little doubt that every athlete has a period of disillusionment Injury, sickness or life can erode the progress made in training. When things are going great it is easy to think falling behind in training will never happen … Continue reading

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Cape Cod Rail Trail

I might be one of the luckiest riders around. I get to train on one of the most beautiful trails in the Northeast; the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The trail begins in Dennis and winds its way up through Harwich, … Continue reading

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Hyannis Half Marathon

Feb 23, 2014 It finally arrived. The day I was dreading. Back in December when I signed up for the Hyannis Half Marathon I had just finished my Holiday Challenge (running everyday from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) and I … Continue reading

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