For the first time in at least a decade, I got to spend my birthday with my parents. And the weather was splendid. Due to a long, tragic series of calamitous events, my nieces Angelina & Abagail and nephew JJ were also home for my b-day. “Hey, kids! Uncle Kyle’s home!” These are authentically Kentucky…
Author: marathonerexposed
I am primarily obsessed with two things: running & writing lots of stories which folks may or may not want to read, but hopefully will read anyway! Endless stories and pictures to come...Please keep visiting and bring your friends!
Forging a New Path
For the first time since 10:25 a.m. on April 30th, I ran. It is a gorgeous evening here in The Bronx, New York. I was compelled to rejoin the natural world after my post-marathon respite. I yearned for sun, sky,my friends the trees called out to me. And for my first run in history, of…
Evolution of My Marathon: Part I
It all began at the Sprint store on that fateful First Friday of Spring Break 2016 (!)…My senior economics student Muhammad, “my associate,” helped me revolutionize my existence. Yes, it became true. In order to communicate more effectively with you kind folks, I had to trade in my flip phone. 3 hours later, I received…
42 Hours
Next order of business: hydro massage in Bardstown, Kentucky. Awesome. My hammys, glutes, lower back are happy.
On to the Stage
Sunlight floods our chambers. We awaken from much needed slumber. Foam roller and Stick at the ready, we prepare to exit again. A work week of day jobs still hangs heavy but we are ready to cast off the weight. No matter what happens each day, we put in the miles. Once our feet touch…
Wrestling
Our ambition propels us forward. Runners set goals obsessively as we put in our daily 8-10 mile maintenance runs. Then come our scheduled track and tempo sessions–5 miles at [fill in pace here]–enroute to our weekend long run–21 miles at [pace/effort]. Confident.Determined. We strive for the golden moments when our best performances will be forever…
Dating Life of the Long Distance Runner
[pulled from my archives of February 2010] The dating scene for a distance runner presents some real challenges. Not only does one first have to expend extra energy finding someone to go out with, but then one must find the disposable cash not spent on running shoes or race entries in order to show a…
A Life Worth Living
Maybe we all knew it at the time, how these were some of the purest of moments. It wasn’t stated outright by many. I’m sure I said it at various points, tending to be prone to hyperbole. But this was deserving of the “hyper.” Hyper-colored browns, yellows, reds amid the withering autumn leaves. The quintessential…
Awakening
“I look beyond the empty Cross, forgetting what my life has cost.” Now I remember… I will not let go now. I Remember
Don't Let My Parents Read This 