Category Archives: Running

2011 Tulsa Black Friday Turkey Trot

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Jenn and I completed the 2011 Black Friday Turkey Trot this morning. It was a good course, relatively flat and fast, and a well supported race. It was run by Fleet Feet and I extend a heartfelt “good job” to … Continue reading →

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Marine Corps Marathon: Spectator’s Guide

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

On the weekend of October 30, we traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Marine Corps Marathon. Aside from the fun times and fast runs and general weekend glee, I came away from this race with the thought that it’s not … Continue reading →

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Mount Desert Island Marathon

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

It’s two weeks and one day until the Mount Desert Island Marathon. I and Jenn and our friends Tim and Andrew will be meeting in Southwest Harbor to run this race. I’m quasi-ready for this race; I’ll finish, but I … Continue reading →

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Running/Training Plan – 2012

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

If you’ve been reading the blog, you may remember a statement of mine in an earlier posting that went something like this: I am delightfully looking forward to NEVER EVER EVER running a marathon again… Let me tell you, training … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the Janitor who Called Security

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Dear Janitorial Service Provider: I am sorry to have brought you conflict on an early Sunday morning. I am also sorry to have disturbed you during what is probably a pleasant working period, being all by yourself inside a large … Continue reading →

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Training Continues; Paranoia Sets In

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

We’re training for the Mount Desert Island Marathon. You may recall that I’ve been having some calf issues which caused me to DNF out of the Georgia Marathon. Well, training has begun again for the next big race and it’s … Continue reading →

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On Training, Running, and Sunglasses

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

I started training again. I’d been sidelined for a while due to a pulled muscle. I went through physical therapy and did the exercises I was supposed to do for injury recovery, but other than that I basically sat on … Continue reading →

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Doctor Frustration

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Warning: The following constitutes generalizations with a sample size of “not very big”. Medical Doctors, it seems, don’t really want to look at me as a whole anymore. They want to look at “the problem” and fix it. Or try. … Continue reading →

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Georgia Marathon 2011 – DNF

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Today I ran the Georgia Marathon. Exactly 3.8 miles of it. I managed to pull my calf again. I was at the water station at on Auburn avenue when the aching in the calf became a shooting, stabbing pain. I … Continue reading →

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Georgia Marathon

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Bill Ruhsam

Tomorrow I run the Georgia Marathon. The course map is here (pdf) if you want to come cheer me on. You can figure I’ll cross the start line around 7:10 AM and be maintaining a 12:00 per mile pace (more … Continue reading →

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