Blog Master G

Marathoning is awesome. And unless you’ve experienced the grand feeling of accomplishment and personal triumph yourself, it’s hard to convey in words what a life-changing and moving experience it is — and what a difference it makes to have people there to share the experience with you and believe in you.  I’m officially the rare […]

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Marathon Brothers, originally uploaded by Blog Master G. Anderson brothers in the parking lot of Pancake Circus after rockin’ CIM 2008.

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CA International Marathon 2008, originally uploaded by Blog Master G. Smashed my PR by more than 20 minutes and beat my goal by 30 seconds: ~3:19:38 (Garmin time, not official time). Average pace: 7:35/mile.

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Yesterday morning I ran my 12th race, which was my second 10k. Jen ran the 5k race, and it was her third 5k. It was the first race I’ve run where I did not get a new PR (I guess that happens after you start running a lot of races and start to repeat distances). […]

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Even though it’s still November, it feels a little more like January. I’ve gone running the past two days in 18-degree weather — after being totally out of commission on Tuesday with a crazy one-day sickness that left me  nauseous, dizzy, overheated, and barely able to stand up (there’s a debate in the Anderson household […]

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I’m reading Dean Karzazes’ second book, 50/50, in which he describes his journey running 50 marathons in 50 days across all 50 states. Though not quite as exciting and jaw-droppingly awesome as the adventures he describes in Ultramarathon Man (the 50/50 feat itself notwithstanding, of course) , 50/50 does have a passage that beautifully conveys […]

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It’s official: I keep getting faster and faster. And I feel pretty awesome about that. This morning I woke up at 7am, psyched to run my 11th race and first 15k. Based on my great half-marathon last month, the McMillan Running Calculator predicted my 15k time would be 1:06:58 (7:11 average pace). My goal: 7:10 […]

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Tomorrow I run my 11th race and first 15k, the Stockadeathon. Today I cruised down to the pre-race expo at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady to meet a pair of marathon champs, Bill Rodgers and Amby Burfoot. Bill won the Boston and New York City Marathons 4 times each in the late 1970s, and ran on […]

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One month from today the Anderson brothers will run their second marathon — and their first together (California International Marathon). As declared by Pete back in June, that can only mean one thing: The Anderson Brothers Sac-Town Marathon Challenge Coupled With the Anderson Brothers Mustache Growing Challenge II. This morning marked my final full pre-CIM […]

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Today was the 8th Annual Great Pumpkin Challenge 10k (also a 5k on the same course) in Saratoga Spa State Park. It was my 10th road race and my first 10k. I placed higher than in any previous race I’ve run: 17th place overall (out of 200+ runners)! I’m pretty happy about that. It was […]

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