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• The North Face Endurance Challenge Championship Marathon (CA)

  

  I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. ― William ShakespeareA BC H shout-out to Ironman husband-and-wife team Jimmy and Catherine Nam... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The Fifth of Decembah

  

  When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Run Crazy Horse Marathon (SD)

  

  A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. – Crazy HorseThe devil, we’re told, is in... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The 43rd Portland (Oregon) Marathon

  

  The marathon can humble you. – Bill RodgersFirst and most important things first… HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, KRISTINA! Please consider this blog post my present to... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The 42nd Portland Marathon (OR)

  

  The marathon can humble you. – Bill RodgersFirst and most important things first… HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, KRISTINA! Please consider this blog post my present to... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Running’s Final Frontier: Mind Games and the Neur-orld Order

  

  If you got a weak brain and a narrow mind, the world gonna leave you way behind. – Willie DixonAs a runner, it helps to have a really good brain on your... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• E.T. Full Moon Midnight Marathon

  

  With the marathon, even if you’re hurting, it’s like, ‘Well, I’ve come all this way. Unless there’s a bone poking out, I might as well finish. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• E.T. Full Moon Midnight Marathon (NV)

  

  With the marathon, even if you’re hurting, it’s like, ‘Well, I’ve come all this way. Unless there’s a bone poking out, I might as well finish. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• A Moment of Claire-ity

  

  If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Harding Hustle 50K (CA)

  

  After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. - Nelson MandelaTRIVIA TIME: What does the Harding Hustle logo represent? Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Harding Hustle 50K

  

  After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. - Nelson MandelaTRIVIA TIME: What does the Harding Hustle logo represent? Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: a Year of East Bay Running

  

  I think, therefore I am. - René DescartesWhat could be good-er than a sunset view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Berkeley Marina? Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Paul Butler: Not a Race out of Place

  

  Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. - Ralph Waldo EmersonPaul Butler is to marathons what Ryan Seacrest is to hair ... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The Last Marathon (Antarctica), Act 2

  

  A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. - William SheddContinued from Act 1:The 14th Antarctica Marathon (Saturday, March 30) Race... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The Last Marathon (Antarctica), Act 1

  

  Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. - Emmett “Doc” Brown, “Back To The Future” (PREFACE: This is not a blog post in the usual sense. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Boston F@&#ing Strong

  

  This is our fucking city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong. - David “Big Papi” Ortiz, Boston Red Sox designated hitterImage available on... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Boston on My Mind

  

  We’ll keep training harder, for the people who perished today. - Wesley Korir, 2012 Boston Marathon winnerIt shouldn’t have to be this way.I was ready to publis... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• The Road Best Traveled: 30 Miles Without a Stoplight

  

  BC&H; will be on international hiatus from March 21-April 6, but I’ll look forward to catching up with everyone’s running exploits when I return. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• San Francisco? You Can’t Get There from Here

  

  Well done is better than well said. – Benjamin FranklinSunset on the Bay Bridge, with San Francisco aglow in the background (original photo here)18 February... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS

• Orcas Island 25K

  

  There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. – Bill Bowerman, Nike co-founder and Pacific Northwest iconJanuary.  The word sounds cold, evoking as... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 ATHLETICS, FITNESS, SPORTS