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As I navigate a hazy running future with my knee, there is the possibility that that half marathons will no longer be part of my racing calendar. Truth be told, I’m actually better at races that go between 6-10 miles.  Those races don’t take near a toll on me as much as thirteen plus miles.  Nor do they require the same degree of mental focus as the longer half marathon. That’s likely the reason I prefer the half marathon.  For me, they represent the ultimate challenge in com

Be warned! This is only going to get sillier from here! It was a cold and dreary morning in my Oregon hometown last week. A steady rain left me completely soaked. Worse, my earbuds had just shut off - depriving me of hearing all of the Andy Gibb songs that not even slow torture could force me to confess to owning. In this moment of ultimate despair, I shouted out to the heavens, “ I wish I never started running !” After saying that, I suddenly see another runner just a fe

Mr. Consistency? I'll get to that later. Right now, I'm thinking back to almost exactly forty years ago today when the sport that had...