Tag: trying-hard

  • Running/Trying Hard/Pursuing Excellence

    My focus has become excellence and trying hard through running. I’m focused on the marathon and working on it as a project for the next few years. I’m 33 and I figure that if I’m going to go for it, now is the time for the marathon. I think that after a few years I…

  • 2026 Eugene Marathon

    This was a revealing event for me. Maybe the most revealing point of reference for why I like to run. Originally, I decided I wanted to run a sub-3 hour marathon. I picked Eugene in January 2026 and started training. I trained enough to get close enough to that goal while leaving enough on the…