Boston & The 1:59 Marathon
A Runner’s Podcast Episode #4 is live! by Patrick Reed Lace up your shoes, download “A Runner’s Podcast Episode 4” and get ready for an hour-plus long run as you listen. On the… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: April, 2013
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Running & Racing
Running & Racing by Patrick Reed “Don’t you know that in a race, all the runners run, but only one gets the prize. Run in such a way as to get the prize.”… Continue reading
A Day Off
A Day Off by Patrick Reed Just yesterday, I was fortunate enough to host endurance training expert Phil Maffetone for an afternoon and dinner at our home in San Luis Obispo, California. Phil… Continue reading
Running & Suffering
Running & Suffering by Patrick Reed Legendary Ultra runner Scott Jurek, who won the Western States 100 a record 7 consecutive times, wrote on multiple occasions in his excellent memoir Eat & Run of… Continue reading
For Boston
For Boston by Patrick Reed Boston weeps tonight Where distance-prophets stride in elegant steps down the asphalt river with yellow lines uniting all from Hopkington to Boylston’s epic finish And yellow balloons soar… Continue reading
To Boston
To Boston by Patrick Reed I thought that it would be fitting – on this eve before the 117th running of the Boston Marathon – to break from my recent tradition of following… Continue reading
Running & Healing
Running & Healing by Patrick Reed Oh, where to start! When I ran down the list of chapter headings from George Sheehan’s Running & Being just now and landed upon… “Chapter 11: Healing,”… Continue reading
Training
Training by Patrick Reed Do we train to race or race to train?? I would have to say that I find almost boundless motivation from anticipating a race day. In recent months and… Continue reading
Running & Running
Running & Running by Patrick Reed You’ve been there, no doubt. We runners have all been there. Out on the interminable roads, the horizon a heartbreak away — endless vistas, scorching (or frozen, wind-swept)… Continue reading
Excelling
Running & Excelling by Patrick Reed “First off, what is the Run5kaday regimen: simply that you commit to running at least 5 kilometers every day without fail for a specific duration of days.… Continue reading