HeyJaredRunning Writing Living
Sharing my running journey after 40. I started running consistently during the pandemic and have since run multiple sub-three-hour marathons. I run every day in pursuit of long-term excellence.
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ChatGPT is funny (really!) (opens the original)
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As I was preparing to go to bed last night, I found nothing better to do than ask ChatGPT to guess my heart rate during my long run. This exchange followed—at first boring, then hilarious. (I was describing a real situation: my wife had agreed to pick me up from a park at the end of my long run; I was finishing a little later than we’d agreed; she called and wasn’t happy, so I had to speed up my final mile.)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s
Keeping Sub-3 Shape, Five Years Since My First (opens the original)
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I didn’t finish my first sub-3 attempt in September 2021. That story gets buried among my running memories for obvious reasons: it’s a story of failure. But it was a peculiar kind of failure. I got lost.At mile 17, I took a wrong turn, onto either the half marathon route or some other path that felt suspiciously empty the longer I stayed on it. Soon I saw the finish arch, and someone on the sidelines said something like, “We have our first finisher!”Right. A marathon in 1:56. It was a local Sout
Well, hello, House on Ocean Boulevard (opens the original)
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If you’re a runner, you probably have many features on your routes that act as markers. They signal where you are in your run: how much is left, that you’re still early, or that a difficult (or easy) stretch is coming. A street crossing, a building, a restroom, a hill, an overpass, or even a tree.I’ve run many thousands of miles, on the West Coast and the East Coast, and I have many such markers. But one stands out. Because it just does. Because it’s a beautiful pink mansion! Well, maybe it’s ju
God, I love running (opens the original)
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Didn’t I say a few weeks ago I’m pivoting away from writing about running?!Well, last night I finished my 800m repeats, my skin covered in a thick layer of sweat, and thought, “God, I love running so much.”This morning I ran again, less than twelve hours after last night’s workout. I’m flying to Florida today (writing this on a plane) and wanted to get my run out of the way. I didn’t sleep well but felt pretty good during my run; it was also the first time in many months that the morning felt fr
Three years without alcohol, quietly (opens the original)
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For over two decades this was my evening. Dinner approaches, time for a glass of wine. Feel the mind and body loosen, grab a snack, some cheese. Then another glass with dinner. Then a little more as the evening gets deeper. Every day, for thousands of days. When I started running a lot, I added beer. Come home from a run, pour an ice-cold IPA, then move on to wine. The beer didn’t mean I was drinking more. It stayed about the same, give or take. More beer, less wine, often both.Rereading that, I
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