A Passion for Running

Welcome to the home of Mark aka The Running Blogfather – a 40 year-old dad, husband and marathon runner who’s beaten injury and is on the comeback trail!

another good 40 minutes

passion for running category: barefoot running,running on Wednesday, July 27 2005

Got out again today for a 40 minute run and was surprised to obtain company. I met my friend Doug going the opposite way on the trail so I turned around and invited myself along so we could play catch up on life events.

Compared to me, Doug is a smokin’ fast runner having logged a 3:15 marathon. The guy is over 50 and just keeps better with the passing of each year. Doug’s entered in the World Master’s 1/2 marathon taking place in Edmonton this weekend. He’s seeded 54th out of hundreds and is after a 1:30 half marathon PR.

So, I tagged along for 20 minutes, caught up on all that stuff, and then parted ways to let him pursue the speedy part of his run. I took off my shoes and spent the last 20 minutes in my bare feet. I think that might be the biggest two-day combination of barefoot runs I’ve had and it felt great.

ONWARD!




2 Comments

Comment by susan

Thursday July 28, 2005 @

Love to hear about your continued success *and* that speedy over 50 runner!

Comment by Dawn (aka Pink Lady)

Thursday July 28, 2005 @

Smokin fast and over 50, there’s hope for me yet…lol. Bet So you were really holding back with Karen and I, eh… ;-)

Good job Mark.

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