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Running Topsail beach
More travel running last week (my favorite kind). This time on Topsail Island beach. I can’t remember the last time I went on a run on a sandy beach. I got out multiple times this week, though, and always with a dip in the ocean after to cool off. Perfection.
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Finally got a long run in after a long break. Perfect day for it.
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Running in Istanbul
Travel running might be my favorite thing about traveling. Seeing a place waking up at 6:30am while weaving through unknown areas is not for everyone, I guess (my wife especially would not be keen), but I love it.
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The Sun Never Sets on A8C Relay X
Today we had our semi-annual relay at my all-remote workplace (Automattic). In case you don’t remember (see my past runs here and here), here’s how it works: instead of us all meeting and running together (which we can’t because we’re all remote and all over the world), we sign up for time slots over a…
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2026 American Tobacco Trail Marathon
I finished my second full marathon today. It was mostly awesome. The first half seemed to fly by. Just don’t ask about those last 5 or so miles. Brutal. My watch says I’ve gone nearly 50,000 steps today. My two big toes are so sensitive to touch I nearly howled when Vivian accidentally stepped on…
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Bobbi Gibb
“When you’re running, you don’t have to think about what your boss wants you to do that day. You’re free. You feel the energy of the universe blowing through you.” Bobbi Gibb My next marathon is coming up, and surprise, surprise… I’m reading a new book about running: The Running Ground by Nicholas Thompson. It’s…
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Running is a conversation with myself
I’m not really into Harry Styles’ music but I appreciate his running habit and this interview with Murakami from Runner’s World is gold. I could listen to him talk about running all day. I have a marathon coming up this weekend and I’ve only recently been listening to music from time to time on my…
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Notes from the trail 01.28.26: Headphones are ok
Three things I learned during my past few long runs.
