25+ year medical device engineer, @Philips now. 26.2: 2:44 @ age 51. 10K: 35:15 @ age 53. @SyracuseU ‘96. @RRCAnational certified coach. @WMMajors 6★.

New Hampshire, 🇺🇸
Joined June 2013
Guys, 2 months shy of age 52, 2:44 at yesterday’s @SugarloafMaine 26.2! TY for making it all possible, @HalfMarathonGal. Proud to run w/ team @DirigoRC. #BqChat
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No debt. Perfect weight. 8 hours of sleep. Mental health in check. Clean diet. Zero alcohol. That was my prime era. I was 10.
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The Japanese U-Turn Drill. If I can remember to do so at my next race w/ a turn, I will! #BqChat
How to nail hairpin turns without losing speed: runningmagazine.ca/the-scene…
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SO many worked so hard for this medal. Devastating. Not as bad an mis-measuring a course. But it’s close. #BqChat
The back of the 2023 Berlin Marathon medals didn't age well.
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Run the first 20 miles of a marathon like this and you’ll set a personal best every race.
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Yesterday, New England 13.1 in Concord, NH. Goal was < 1:20, oh well. Usually do my due diligence w/ race plans & mention of the ~1 mile rail trail got by me. 🫨 Team @DirigoRC
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Here is a video of taco bell 50k ultra marathon in Denver Colorado. They had to run to 10 different taco bells and had to eat a menu item at 9/10 taco bells. They have 11 hours to finish the race. 📹: road_to_leadville on IG #food #Marathon #funny #Colorado
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Hey, there’s a canoe emoji. 🛶 #BqChat
A man is running the Twin Cities Marathon carrying a canoe to protest a federal push to allow mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. Here he is at Mile 18.
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While true, I find tuning in to watch the random freshman try to kick a field goal for a million $ to be entertaining. 🏈 🤑
College gameday in a nutshell: “Ohio state is good “Michigan is good” “Notre dame is good” *SEC talk for about a whole hour* “Here are some teams from the big12, I guess” “What is better? SEC or big10?” -Pat mcafee takes his shirt off -Kirk’s dog shows up The end.
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Heartland Classic held @CentralDutchXC. Boys finish 14th of 28 teams. It was a little muddy. 🎥 by James McCready. #RivXC
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😅 #BqChat
En esta carrera, la única regla es tener una circunferencia mínima de 120 centímetros de estómago. Así fue la primera carrera de panzones en #Etla, #Oaxaca; el ganador se llevó mil 500 pesos:
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The first car to park on the trailer wins , I’ve never been so invested in a sport like this
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Yesterday, the Call to Duty Memorial 10K (Gorham, NH). Gun time: 35:15. Overall: 2/48. Mile pace: 5:41. A reminder to myself there will forever be, at a minimum, 1 person faster than me in every race. 🤬And maybe that’s ok. 😤 calltodutymemorial.carrd.co/ #BqChat
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Have forever driven by one on the MA Pike, coming West to East, always wanting to do it (just once). 😂
Uh so this just happened.
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There might be some of that. But me also thinks that if you’ve got kind of a funny last name, some others are just pointing that out. 🤔
Calling you exclusively by your last name is a high honor in male culture
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WHAT ARE MARIO & LUIGI DOING HERE?! 😭🍄 Mario and Luigi make an appearance alongside the men’s elite field at the Sydney Marathon! 📺 U.S. audiences can watch the Sydney Marathon LIVE on FloTrack. FloTrack’s #SydneyMarathon coverage presented by Saucony
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Too long. No one's saying your time wouldn't be better on an accurate course + you can rely on the result if need be (ie, qualifier). #BqChat
Would you rather race a course that’s slightly too short or slightly too long? Too short and your PR feels fake. Too long and you know you ran faster than your PR says. I honestly can’t decide which one is worse.
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One year ago: Ray Giubilo captures a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open 👻 2025 World Tennis Photograph of the Year. Iconic.
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I was stuck on either 13.1 or 26.2 for a decade+. And I was wrong. #BqChat
I find it odd when I meet marathoners that have never raced other distances. Marathons are great but our sport has way more to offer.
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