Stepping Up to the Luna Bar
Stepping Up to the Luna Bar by Patrick Reed Yeah, I am waiting by my door once again, this time looking for the mahogany blur of the UPS guy — I, a charlatan… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Born to Run
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Learning to Run Free at the Born to Run Ultra Marathons
Learning to Run Free by Patrick Reed I was anxious for the Born To Run Ultra Marathon weekend which is now just logged into the record books. Perhaps most noteworthy for history’s sake… Continue reading
“If I get hurt, lost or die – it’s my own d@mn fault”
“If I get hurt, lost or die – it’s my own d@mn fault” By Patrick Reed Such are the final words of the mandatory waiver for the 50-kilometer race I will run this… Continue reading
Dangerous
Dangerous by Patrick Reed This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to join a group of similarly-minded crazy distance runners for a running retreat in Death Valley, USA. In the days leading up… Continue reading
Running & Playing
Patrick Reed and Luis Escobar after the SLO Marathon 2013 Running & Playing by Patrick Reed How fitting that Dr. George Sheehan’s fifth chapter in Running & Being* is entitled Playing. After all,… Continue reading
Becoming
Running & Becoming by Patrick Reed I race in just a few hours, so I’ll keep this to the point. Today, I met both Dean Karnazes – the “Ultra-marathon Man” – and Luis… Continue reading
Running at Night
Day #78: Running At Night by Patrick Reed We had just hiked the 3 ‘mountain’ passes with our girls that afternoon. I place ‘mountain’ in quotations because the passes were more like a… Continue reading
Top 10 Reasons ‘All-In’ Runners Must Read “Born To Run”
A Review of Born To Run by Patrick Reed I am nearly finished with my second consecutive listening to Christopher McDougall’s masterful running “must read” Born To Run. And I am loving… Continue reading
Running in such a way…
The 5th and Most Advanced Stage of the Runner by Patrick Reed “The common bond of the greatest runners is nothing less than love. How is it that each of us becomes the… Continue reading
The Stage 2 Runner
The Watcher Part 2 in a series of 5 segments about the development of the distance runner by Patrick Reed Welcome back to this series exploring in depth the stages of becoming for… Continue reading