This Week Last Year: All About Boston

This week last year was centered on my preparations for the Boston Marathon. I began the week by discussing my taper and race goals, which wound up not being feasible no matter how realistic they may have began as. I quickly began to wonder whether the Boston Marathon...

State of Emergency

Thank you for your well wishes and congratulations, everybody. I will have plenty to say about the race and how it went, but it will probably take a few days to get everything available. I will try to get back to everybody that posted a comment or emailed me, but it...

1 Day until the Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is tomorrow morning. That sounds strange; this is the first year that the races starts in the morning. The starting gun will be at 10:00 for the first wave of the start, rather than at noon as it has been for the past century or so. The weather...

How to Avoid Hypothermia during a race

Before taking off this morning, I checked my inbox and saw this email from the Boston Athletic Association concerning Monday’s race. It contains some great advice about how to avoid hypothermia when you are running, and how to treat somebody who is suffering...