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Proper Hate New Balance

Proper Hate New Balance

One of the things that slowly started to grind my gears during the first few miles of the slog was that the face of the New Balance London…
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Alexander Holley
108017 seconds

108017 seconds

I should have known something was up from when someone took a shit next to me.
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Alexander Holley
1:18

1:18

“It’s not about the legs, it’s about the heart and mind”
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Alexander Holley
I Do Not Walk (But I Do, Now)

I Do Not Walk (But I Do, Now)

My legs were in pieces. It was horrible. I had already slowed down by around a minute a mile, half out of choice, half out of necessity…
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Alexander Holley
True Northern Runners*

True Northern Runners*

“It’s cold up north”
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Alexander Holley
25 days, 157.3 miles, 4714ft elevation later…

25 days, 157.3 miles, 4714ft elevation later…

Exhaustion is difficult. Real exhaustion. Where your body is basically dead on it’s feet. That was day 15. Running through that is really…
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Alexander Holley
Wake Up. Kick Ass. Repeat.

Wake Up. Kick Ass. Repeat.

aka, second half
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Alexander Holley
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