My left knee crunched and buckled, a sharp pain seared up my leg and I stumbled. I’m okay, just keep running. Then another buckle and more pain, limping. What was happening? I guess this means I can’t do that half marathon on October 19th, six weeks away. Relieved. That surprised me, I thought I wanted […]
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It was never my intention to participate in the Upper Valley Segment Running Challenge. As the organizer, it felt weird to simultaneously oversee a challenge and compete in it. But I changed my mind when someone – jokingly, in good fun – gave me their thoughts on the whole thing: “The Segment Challenge? Oh yeah,
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The Segment Challenge email sent to the club in late April by William Ren came at just the right time for me. I had not run much over the winter, and the nudge of a challenge is just what I needed. Here are some of the things I experienced and learned. Spoiler alert: the Upper
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Goals Goal Description Completed? A sub 2:20 (7:00/mi pace) No B sub 2:30 (7:30/mi pace) Yes C don’t bonk (and have to walk) Yes D finish Yes Training I’ve been training for the REVEL white mountain marathon in may, but as a somewhat new “serious” runner — and by “serious” I mean entirely “someone who
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This poem was written while on a run that I dragged myself out for, as the title hints, at night. Since I have such easy access to the treadmill, it’s become the default for any situations that require even a modicum of mental effort to convince myself to run outside. Raindrops in the sky? Treadmill.
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Chapter drafts continued and subject to change. 3. The Chimes It’s dark. The Old Meeting House bell is chiming – one…two…three…four…five…six… Time to get up. Stoney pulls back the covers, plants his bare feet on the chilly pine floor, steadies himself, takes three cautious steps toward the bathroom door thinking, Did I hear the chimes
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UVRC Runners, This offering is a sampling from a fictional novel I am in the process of writing entitled, The Winds of Change. It’s a story about running for runners. Below, I have included the drafts of the Prologue and the first two chapters entitled, 1. El Amuleto and 2. A Sacred Place. In the
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There is no competition. The greatest running book of all time is “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen” by Christopher McDougall. Isolated by Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In
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Hello, Upper Valley Running Club! I am writing to share my experience guiding a vision impaired runner during the Krampuslauf 10k at the Dartmouth Skiway last month. As a new club member, I should probably start by introducing myself. My name is Angela Wyse and I am a new Economics professor at Dartmouth, having just
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