Brian Training

Now that the marathon’s done, I’ve jus…

Brian Sawyer — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:10:14 +0000

Now that the marathon’s done, I’ve just stopped Twittering from @briantraining (consolidating all tweets to my main Twitter account) and am rethinking what to do with this blog, if I’m even going to continue it at all. I still have some significant races coming up (including the Ragnar Relay and the Pineland Farms 50k), but I’m not sure they’re worth blogging about (maintaining a video blog with 70 posts for Boston was difficult enough). So, in the meantime, I think I’ll just fold Twitter and WordPress into a sort of microblog in this space. We’ll see what else might happen when and if it happens. Thanks for following.

Back in the Saddle: I’ll Run a 50k for $5k

Brian Sawyer — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:51:09 +0000

Mentioned in this post:

Boston Marathon 2010 Race Report
Groton Road Race
Ragnar Relay New England
Pineland Farms Trail Running Festival (50k)
Help me get to $5k by Memorial Day (current amount: $3,423.39) in my ongoing race to beat cancer.

Groton Road Race Tots Trot (photo by me)

Groton Road Race 10k (courtesy of Jim Rhoades)

Pineland Farms Train Running Festival Course Map

Heartbreak Hill Broke My Heart*

Brian Sawyer — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:23:40 +0000

* But DFMC cancer patient partners restored it.

Mentioned in this post:

Searchable Boston Marathon 2010 Race Results

A special thanks to 1976 Boston Marathon winner Jack Fultz, more knowledgeable, giving, caring, supportive, and helpful as DFMC team coach than you would ever expect of a certified superstar. If you don’t know DFMC, you don’t know Jack.

UPDATE: I’m as surprised as you are to see me running and seemingly happy at mile 20:

Mile 20 (photo courtesy of Jim Rhoades at http://www.jimrhoades.com)

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Track Me Tomorrow

Brian Sawyer — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:36:46 +0000

How to ~~stalk~~ track me:

Find the best place to see me along the course.
Text RUNNER to 31901 and follow instructions for SMS alerts. My bib number is 22871.
Sign up for email alerts.
Follow me on Twitter (hope this works).

Please sponsor me in my race to beat cancer.

UPDATE: Looks like none of these tracking methods worked. I signed up for email alerts on myself, and this is the only message I got (long after the race was over):

The Boston Marathon would like to apologize to all who signed up for this year’s Athlete Alert Program. The BAA experienced an internal technical problem which prevented accurate athlete information from being sent to the proper email addresses and mobile phone numbers. This issue was not related to any services provided by the program’s sponsor, AT&T, nor was it the result of failures of any of the Boston Marathon’s technology partners. Beginning at 12:52 p.m., the system was fixed.

All those who registered for the AT&T Athlete Alert will receive an accurate finishing time Alert regardless of what time of day the participant crossed the line on Boylston Street. Please visit http://baa.org/2010/cf/Public/ResultsSearch.cfm to confirm the race course alerts from the 10k, half-marathon and 30k marks. The BAA website also has other detailed en route split times as well as finishing times on its website at http://baa.org/2010/cf/Public/ResultsSearch.cfm.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who at least tried to follow me. Full race report to come soon.

Thanks to Marathon Mama and Readers

Brian Sawyer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:42:13 +0000

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UPDATE: We have a winner.

Thank You for Making Me Feel Better

Brian Sawyer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:13:31 +0000

The marathon is one week from today, but you still have time to add yourself to this illustrious list. Please sponsor me in my race to beat cancer.

Hay in the Barn, Pennies in the Bank*

Brian Sawyer — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:25:26 +0000

Not literally, of course. I need many more pennies to reach my marathon fundraising goal. Please sponsor me in my race to beat cancer.

Boston Marathon 21-Mile Training Run

Brian Sawyer — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:31:30 +0000

Brought to my attention by fellow DFMC runner Eric Kaye, with whom I ran much of this course (though we did 22 miles)

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Unconched and Back on Course

Brian Sawyer — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:05:15 +0000

Mentioned in this post:

Flickr photos from Cat Cay, Bahamas
Spiny lobsters
Me at mile 10 of my tropical run
Postcards from the trip at Marathon Mama in a few posts

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After the Flood

Brian Sawyer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:23:38 +0000

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