Wait, you run hurdle races? That's hard core
Low hurdles. Very low hurdles. The last time I tried hurdling something was 15 miles into a long run. It was a dog. I failed and ended up slamming my forearm onto a concrete driveway at which point I had two thoughts which were separated by mere milliseconds. In this order.
1. I think I just broke my damn arm.
2. Better stop my time.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
That is a great picture of you.
Usually his pics scare the bejeezus out of me, but that one is not that bad.
"...and he's completed four marathons, including one Boston Marathon and one sub-three hour marathon."
So LtH, you place a greater importance on the marathon than shorter distances after all. Otherwise your 5 and 10k exploits would have been listed, yes? Or was there not enough ink in the bottle to write all of that?
on my way to badass
Still waiting for the perfect race picture. 5K PR-33:52 , 10K PR 1:11:16, First HM 2:42:28
Are we there, yet?
When I saw Distance Runner Overcomes Hurdles, I thought you'd linked to this video.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Nice way to get your 15 minutes. Famous, not infamous.
Bravo! Unorthodox to say the least.
Congrats LTH. Great article.
Come on, you know those readers won't understand the great accomplishment of a 5k. I'm pretty sure you've had several people tell you that a 10k should be easy for you when they ask you about your next race and you tell them it's a 10k.
Very nice.
Five. Five dollar. Five dollar singlets...
Very cool article, LTH
Five. Five dollar. Five dollar singlets... Very cool article, LTH
Heh, heh. That is indeed one of those five dollar singlets. I bought 10 of them to go with the 5 I'd bought the last time they were on sale. I won't have to buy another for a decade. Last night, the Charleston Distance Run expo had previous year's shirts on sale for 2 for 5 dollars. These are long sleeve tech shirts so I bought 4 of them. I have to be a cheap bastard with my clothes to justify what I spend on shoes.
Nice
makes you wonder how many overweight (and/or smokers) out there have natural talent but will never know it because they won't get off the couch.
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Traci
It's a great story and you are proof that there is always more inside of us than we think. And now I can say that I know someone famous!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Barking Mad To Run
Nice story, Brad, and congrats on your progress and accomplishments!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Sweet!