Tag Archives: Training
Go, Marlin, Go!
I’d already decided that Philadelphia 2023 would be my last marathon. It seemed prudent to find other ways of keeping fit that didn’t require pounding the hot summer streets or sliding along winter sidewalks to make an inevitable decline less … Continue reading
Five Ways In Which a Trainer Is Like a Good Editor
When I first began running and writing, I assumed that—because I could put one foot in front of the other and I was expensively educated—I knew how to do either well. There were plenty of running blogs and training programs, as well … Continue reading
Permission to Succeed
In November 2013, I completed the Brooklyn Marathon in 3:30:44—a satisfactory time made more so by the fact that I’d run the New York City Marathon in 3:30:38 only two weeks before. I was receiving the congratulations of my peers … Continue reading
The Great Long Training Run
After several years of plowing my way through New York City’s streets, I decided to join a local running group—the South Brooklyn Running Club (SBRC)—to provide me with company, friendship, inspiration, and conversation. We’ve run the length of Manhattan, traversed … Continue reading
Martin Rowe 