Tag: marathon

I only have 54 of these decades under my belt so far, and yet, that is enough for me to find a little awe in the 2010-2020 decade of my

As the first serious snowstorm of the season descends upon New England and much of the country, I'm ending a weekend of thanksgiving by

"It is difficult to train for a marathon; but it is even more difficult to not be able to train for a marathon" - Aaron Douglas

"The marathon can humble you" -​ Bill Rodgers, winner of four Boston Marathons "Boston Billy" knows what he's talking about and he's a

Running the Boston Marathon totally blind holds more than sufficient challenge, such as the arduous training requirements on

Launching into the new year, I join many in reflecting on the past year’s accomplishments and setbacks I prefer to use these as a bit

By Randy Pierce The 2018 Boston Marathon featured the worst marathon weather I’ve ever experienced: cold temperatures, relentless

By Randy Pierce “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done” —Thomas

By Randy Pierce “Running is 90% Mental and 10% physical” – runner’s adage Certainly there is much more than 10% physical involved

By Greg Neault I was running when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes too fast A lot of people have asked me why I decided to run a

By Randy Pierce  "The real purpose of running isn't to win a race It's to test the limits of the human heart" —Bill Bowerman, track

By Randy Pierce The arrival of August heralded the start of my training for the California International Marathon (CIM) for December 3

By Randy Pierce “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much" --Hellen Keller My original goal was simply to share time

By Randy Pierce “Life is what happens while we are busy making other plans” – John Lennon Recently our focus has been upon the

By Randy Pierce Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early

By Randy Pierce If you are already fully versed on the Peak Potential Table Sprint Challenge and just want to join the team – Get

By Randy Pierce Today, I’m proud to officially announce the team of which I’m a part in this journey to my third Boston Marathon

By Randy Pierce With snowstorms hammering New England in the last week, our readers may have been a little distracted and missed last

By Randy Pierce I am attempting to give you all a little notice as I ask you to consider helping me reach for a daunting goal On Monday,

By Randy Pierce "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" - Martin Luther King, Jr My friendships,