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Honolulu Marathon #42for42 Achieved!

Bradley on the Run January 3, 2015 October 9, 2017 My Story / Race Reports / Travel itemprop="discussionURL"11 Comments

Disclaimer: While I generally like to write my race reports immediately following, this race was the start of a 3-week vacation, including both Hawai’i and Japan. I’ve had no access to a computer until now, but that means the time has finally come! It started on a whim – the …

The Countdown is On – 1 week to Hawaii

Bradley on the Run December 7, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story / Training itemprop="discussionURL"One Comment

The Honolulu Marathon has been updating their Facebook page daily with the ongoing countdown: 2 weeks…10 days…and now just one week!! How did this happen? This showed up on my Twitter feed this morning: When I signed for for my #42for42 race back in January, I was wide-eyed and innocent …

Where has the time gone? OR 2 Weeks to Honolulu!

Bradley on the Run November 30, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story / Training

Have you ever had one of those times when it’s the perfect storm of work, school, family all culminating in so much stuff going on that suddenly almost a month has gone by and you haven’t written a blog post? Ya, that’s what happened. 2 weeks from today, I will run …

Work in Progress

Bradley on the Run October 11, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story / Training itemprop="discussionURL"2 Comments

Remember when I told you that I was a fan of running in the rain? Well, for the first 10k of this morning’s run, I was very much ready to retract everything I said before. Last week, I asked Coach Carey what my training should look like in the lead …

Conquering Stanley Park

Bradley on the Run October 5, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story / Training itemprop="discussionURL"6 Comments

Last week I did something I’ve never done before – I ran around Stanley Park. OK, that’s not entirely true. I mean yes, I did run around Stanley Park, but it wasn’t my first time. I do have some experience…wait, let me explain. If you’re not familiar with Stanley Park …

A Month without Running – Lessons & Resolutions

Bradley on the Run August 4, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story itemprop="discussionURL"6 Comments

You haven’t heard from me in a while because, quite honestly, I’ve been in somewhat of a blue funk. At the behest of my physio, I took time off after the Scotiabank Half Marathon in June to recovery from a lingering injury. I was meant to start running again after …

#42for42 or ‘Why the heck am I running a marathon?’

Bradley on the Run April 6, 2014 October 9, 2017 My Story itemprop="discussionURL"5 Comments

Exactly four weeks from today, I will be running my first marathon. Four weeks. From today. What have I gotten myself into? Race Motivation Prior to 2009, I had never run. Maybe I had rushed to catch a bus, or participated (unwillingly, of course) in the odd sport that required …