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Sam, Thanks John! It looks like you've kept up you running on a regular basis. Congratulations on you recently completed marathon. :D Congratulations finishing another marathon, and in less than desirable conditions. I have run many marathons and done a couple on the erg, but have DNF'd probably ma...

Thanks Fred,for hosting a wonderful event,and allowing my wife to begin to make some meaning and purpose out of her disease. A great way to benefit a worthy program of early detection.

Sorry, I’m finally getting around to posting about my Boston Marathon. I was pretty exhausted for a couple of days afterwards. Up at 0430 on marathon morning, the conditions didn’t seem quite as dire as they could have been. My wife who had barely slept, stayed in bed to try to get a little sleep be...

Sam, I would also like to say thank you for the story, and for the inspiration. May your wife continue to get better, and may the you both continue to do marathons for many more years. David Thank you very much David. She's looking forward,and feeling grateful to be a participant and a survivor com...

Sam, What an inspiring story! :) The next time, I'm grousing about how "tired" I feel, I'm wiring my brain to rmrber the courage and strength your wife showed all of us!! Hope to see her erg time at Newton in this thread on Patriot's Day! ST Thanks ST I'm reminded by wife's illness,that every day c...

Thanks for the update Sam. I hope to see her there, and that we're still all there when you run by. Rick Thanks Rick She cranked out another 30k over the weekend. This week is hell week at work for her-members of her group are in from the Netherlands and Wisconsin for a tete a tete,7 to 7,so she wo...

A year ago today my wife and I were sitting in an overflowing waiting room at the breast cancer center at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, awaiting a meeting with the surgeon for official diagnosis and a treatment proposal. A week earlier my wife had received a phone call while at work that her breast...

I tried to post details of my marathon twice last week,but I got logged off and it dropped the posts. Exasperated,I'm going to break it up into two posts,training and the marathon itself. When I said my long runs were slow,I mean slow,9 to 10 min. miles. They were hilly though,and I felt going the g...

Rick The more likely explanation was I was in the second wave,and didn't go off until 1230. I was going scary fast-16 miles under 2 hours. But still that would have put me at the hospital at over 1430-probably long after you were done. I thought there was a slim chance someone was still around. I ca...

Quick report-more extensive report to follow. Self fulfilling prophecy:floated through the hills of Newton,stormed home from Boston College,and a final furious surge down Boylston to finish in 3:20:50. I think I would have gone under 3:20 but burned at least 30-60 seconds going off course at Wellesl...

My wife and I,pursued very different 'March Madness' regimens this past month. For myself,up until last Saturday,I erged and ran every day the last six weeks. I did alternating days of 10k hilly road run with 6k rows.and 8k flat village runs with a 5k rows. On the 8k and 5k days I lifted weights. I'...