9 results for tag: marathon
The London
Marathon and the Blue Sky Trail
Marathon are two very different races. Yes, one is a prestigious, fast road
marathon while the other takes runners on a fun, demanding journey through Colorado’s Front Range with 3,500 feet of elevation gain, but that’s where the differences are just beginning. Let's look at some ...
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“First, could you introduce yourself?”
“Alexi Pappas, Olympian, writer, filmmaker.”
This short, to-the-point introduction belongs to none other than 2016 Olympic athlete Alexi Pappas. Besides knowing how to run really far, really fast, Pappas also published a book called Bravey and has worked on multiple ...
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“What a loaded question! Who is Jonathan Sockolosky…?”
That was Jonathan trying to find an answer to Who is Jonathan Sockolosky? It might have been an unfair thing to ask. After all, there are many ways to define oneself. Defined by his work, Jonathan is a scientist at Genentech, working in antibody engineering and ...
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Contributed by Kelli Hashimoto, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon.
One week post-
marathon and it already feels like a lifetime ago.
Many of you already know my proposal story at last year’s The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon. I couldn’t quite top that this year but I still had a blast. I had ...
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Contributed by Erin Mink Garvey, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon.
One of the many things that keeps me coming back to the
marathon is the feeling I get when I cross the finish line. In the past decade, I’ve had the joy of running over thirty
marathons. Sometimes I wonder if continuing to do this ...
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TSFM Ambassador’s Boston
Marathon Experience Pt. III: Contributed by Paige Govey, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon. Photo Credit: Brian Fluharty
I don’t remember much of my wait in Athlete’s Village. I do remember feeling fear, nerves, and jealousy of people who had ponchos. I thought of a ...
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Contributed by Paige Govey, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon. Photo credit: AP Photo
After carbing up and making it back to the hotel, the usual ritual continued: pick out what I’ll be wearing, pin my number on, and take the perfect Instagram shot. It was then that I realized I really had no idea ...
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Contributed by Paige Govey, a 2018 Ambassador for The Biofreeze San Francisco
Marathon. Photo credit: AP Photo
Preparing for the Boston
Marathon was nothing like I’ve ever experienced. I’ve run tons of races and plenty of miles in my life – in the snow, rain, sleet, and freezing temperatures. But this was different. ...
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"You're not going to win," the wise old runner told me. "Just remember that."
I was at my very first
marathon, on a dark and cloudless early morning in Hawaii before the race start, when I asked a nearby experienced runner if he might have some advice for me. "Stick to your plan," he added. "Race as you trained and don't go ...
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