marathon

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TWO STEPS FORWARD

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TWO STEPS FORWARD

Every couple weeks, Boston Marathon champion Des Linden sends me my training plan for this year's marathon. She is a generous coach, quick to respond to texts and extremely encouraging. There are wrinkles in the training I did not foresee, but those secrets are hers and not for me to share. Suffice to say there's variety in the work.

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BOSTON

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BOSTON

I turn 60 in a few weeks. Fifty leveled me, making me realize that I was definitely near or past the halfway mark of this life. I spent that day in my office, a little stunned. Couldn't write. Went to get a haircut. The barber asked if I wanted a beer, which is always a great thing for any barber to suggest….

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RIDING NEW ZEALAND

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RIDING NEW ZEALAND

I’ve signed up to ride the Tour de Aotearoa, an 1800-mile self-supported journey down the spine of New Zealand. The trek takes place next February. I long ago made a vow that I wouldn’t ever reach a point in my life where I would start settling, and this is an extension on that promise.