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It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

BY PAUL CLERICI When you think of your best and worst marathons, do you base the answer solely on your finish time? Your place? How you felt afterward? Do you cast it against all your marathons put together? Or is it the first one that comes to mind? And once you’ve decided, what did you … Read more

Learning to Run

This is the third in an exclusive series of marathon memoirs by Johnny J. “The Younger” Kelley of Mystic, Connecticut. The other two articles by the 1957 Boston Marathon winner appeared in volume I, issue 4, and volume 2, issue 1. Look for the next “chapter” in a future issue. —Editor Jocsns IN light rain … Read more

The History of the Marathon in Canada

“Where is it now, the glory and the dream?” (From Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth, 1770-1850) Y ou could call them also-rans. They were ordinary men—laborers, stonecutters, farmers, printers, shoemakers, and carpenters. They worked hard to earn a living. But they also ran wherever and whenever they could. … Read more

Give It That Good Old College Try

PART 1 OF 2 It was Thursday afternoon, much like many other Thursday afternoons over the past few months. I had been meeting with a group of students at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Tuesdays and Thursdays to do training runs after our class for the last three and a half months. This … Read more

Lessons From a 100-Mile Virgin

I am probably like most people who wind up running a 100-miler: the thought of doing the distance had been eating at me for some time. It was as if there was always some unfinished business waiting for me. After I ran the Umstead 50 and JFK 50 in 1999, the next logical step was … Read more

You Want to Put On a Marathon—Where?

I wasn’t sure how to write this. I am by no means a writer. My creative skills have been limited to pretending that I am a carpenter some months and a paint-bynumbers artist in others. I don’t consider myself a writer, let alone a marathon race director. I am a captain in the United States … Read more

One for All, and All for One

May/June 2005 On the Road 13 Volume 9, Number 3 With Joe Henderson Travel with Joe as he shares his view from inside the world ST A F F of long-distance running. Editor: Richard Benyo My Most Unforgettable 141 Marathon (And What Publisher: Jan Colarusso Seeley I Learned From It): 1999 Lead runner: Dick Beardsley … Read more

On the Hardrock Board

I first attempted the Hardrock 100-Mile Endurance Run in 1998. I was miserably underprepared, naive, and weak. I dropped out, embarrassed, with my tail between my legs, at the 30-mile mark. I came back two years later to complete the race in 45 hours. I may never start or finish another Hardrock (HR), but now … Read more

Benefits of Marathoning

BY DR. BE a CARSON Preliminary research is complete and the results are in—completing a marathon is great for you in many ways. The physical benefits of training for and completing a marathon are obvious. This research studied the psychological benefits. The results show the benefits beyond the physical are enormous. A more detailed study … Read more

When You Can’t Run

It happens. Most of the time it happens because you have been assailed by an injury, maybe serious and lasting, or maybe just one that needs a few weeks to heal. Or maybe you just can’t run anymore, can’t find motivation. It could be that you are stale or bored. And there is nothing wrong … Read more

Duel at Deadwood

FROM GHOST TOWN TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER Not much more than 20 years ago, Deadwood, named for the burned trees that the miners found in the area when they came in search of gold, was a ghost town. During the interim, the townspeople of Deadwood made a decision to bring gambling to their town … Read more

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