Today it was announced that The Dallas White Rock Marathon was shifting its start/finish from Fair Park to downtown Dallas, specifically near the new Omni Hotel. While such a…
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2010 Tour des Fleurs 10K
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond. A wise man once told me that. Several times, in fact. And although I was listening,…
Tear It Up (2010 Michelob Ultra Katy 5K)
I was sitting in Whataburger, enjoying a post-race reward of beef and fries, when my iPhone chirped. It was a text message from my friend and head coach Patton, asking…
Runner's Lent (2010 Dallas Rock 'n' Roll Half-Marathon)
My iPhone chirped loudly at 4:00am, one hour before my scheduled wake-up time. I was sleeping on my back; now I was staring at the ceiling of my bedroom,…
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Why I Run #2
This was the turnaround for my run today. Despite the need to get home, I wanted to keep going forward. Despite the burning pain in my Achilles tendons, weak from…
Why I Run #1
I ran down Silverado, as I normally do every other morning, working on a routine 40-minute loop. Although a mess of a road to navigate due to sidewalks that alternate…