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TRIATHLETE: SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ONE SPORT IS HARD ENOUGH

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JUST ANOTHER RUN

1/8/2017

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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY IS ROCK N ROLL ARIZONA MARATHON. IT'S JUST ANOTHER RUN IN A BUSY 2017 RACE SCHEDULE I HAVE PLANNED SO FAR. FOR THE PAST 7 OF THESE I HAVE RAN, SOMETHING ALWAYS COMES UP THAT PUSHES ME OVER THE 4 HOUR MARK. USUALLY ITS A BRUTAL WINTER COLD AND LAST YEAR WAS A TORN MENISCUS THAT LEFT ME FINDING GARBAGE CANS TO VOMIT IN. THAT WAS AN ALL TIME LOW AND LEFT ITS MARK ON THE REST OF THE SEASON. THIS YEARS RACE IS AND WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
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​HEY LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S ME ON THE RIGHT AFTER MY FIRST EVER MARATHON IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA. IT WAS GRANDMAS MARATHON AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF HOW STUPID IT WAS TO RUN THAT FAR AND SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON LAYING IN BED AFTER THE RACE. AS FOR THE PERSON ON THE LEFT, WELL, SOME SCARS YOU KEEP TO YOURSELD. LIKE MOST RUNNERS, IT WAS ONLY A FEW SHORT DAYS LATER THAT I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MARATHON TO SIGN UP FOR. THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT CHASING DOWN AND CROSSING THAT FINISH LINE, THE FEELING NEVER GETS OLD.


IN 7 SHORT DAYS I WILL BE AT THE STARTING LINE IN TEMPE, ARIZONA FOR THE ROCK N ROLL ARIZONA MARATHON FOR THE 8TH TIME. THIS RACE WILL ALSO BE MY 30TH MARATHON! BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE, I WILL HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA FUEL TO BURN AND HOPE TO HIT MY GOAL TIME WHICH IS A SUB 4 RUN. THE LEGS HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO REST FROM IRONMAN AZ AND THE TRAINING SO IT MIGHT BE A PAINFUL ADVENTURE. THIS 30TH MARATHON RUN IS SPECIAL THOU BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, I WILL BE RACING AS AN AMBASSADOR. SOME OF THE COOLEST AND NICEST PEOPLE I HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH IN THIS ADVENTURE IS TRIBE MULTISPORT IN SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA. NEXT SUNDAY YOU WILL FIND ME ROCKING TRIBE GEAR ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE. HERE'S TO A KICKASS START TO THE 2017 SEASON 🍻
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