With the 2010 ING New York City Marathon in the books I wanted to give my take on the year of Marathons. Granted there are still a few Marathons to be run before the years close but I doubt that either the world lead or the USA lead will be challenged.
First I should admit that I have a keen interest in the Marathon. Perhaps you share this interest with me. Of course I have never done the marathon but my joining the Mammoth Track Club was very influenced by my desire to do one eventually. The topic of my eventual debut is something that has come up between Terrence and me repeatedly through my tenure here.
That said I am not good enough at my long runs and long tempos. I am not quite disciplined enough with my stretching or my diet. I struggle on my uphill runs and even though I can often be fearless to the point that it is detrimental, I must admit that I am simply not ready to go race 26.2 just yet.
I predicted privately that Brett Gotcher would run 2:11 in Houston and he did me one better with his 2:10.
I watched keenly as my teammates Meb and Ryan ran in Boston, each with game plans to take home the trophy get upended by one of the greatest marathon performances in history by another guy named Rob Cheruiyot.
I studied the results in London where Kebede threw his name in the hat for best in the world and saw that my teammate and mentor Deena had the worst marathon of her life...(for more click here) 
With the 2010 ING New York City Marathon in the books I wanted to give my take on the year of Marathons. Granted there are still tiffanys a few Marathons to be run before the years close but I doubt that either the world lead or the USA lead will be challenged. First I should admit that I have a keen interest in the Marathon. Perhaps you share this interest with me. Of course I have never done the marathon tiffany but my joining the Mammoth Track Club was very influenced by my desire to do one eventually. The topic of my eventual debut is something that has come up between Terrence and me repeatedly through my tenure here. That said I am not good enough at my long runs and long tempos. I am not quite disciplined enough with my stretching or my diet. I struggle on my uphill runs and even though I can often be fearless to the point that it is detrimental, I must admit that I am simply not ready to go race 26.2 just yet. I predicted privately that Brett Gotcher would run 2:11 in Houston and he did me one better with his 2:10. I watched keenly as my teammates Meb tiffany keys and Ryan ran in Boston, each with game plans to take home the trophy get upended by one of the greatest marathon performances in history by another guy named Rob Cheruiyot. I studied the results in London tiffany rings where Kebede threw his name in the hat for best in the world and saw that my tiffany sale teammate and mentor Deena had the worst marathon of her life...