WILLIAM HAZEL
Medals and Magnets
It seems all 18,000 runners are in the party tent. Organizations like J&A Racing understand how to have great races, and great after-race...
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William Hazel
WILLIAM HAZEL
- Jan 22
- 3 min
The January Gym
The January gym reeks of resolution and self-loathing. New faces in new clothes staining in the sweat of want and willpower and...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Resolution Run
and a quest for large mimosas The 10am 5K start felt far from resolutory. Dawn would have impressed. Shivering in the New Year’s frost at...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Oct 27, 2022
- 5 min
Running With The Wicked
A costumed race unmasked It's one of those crazy costume races held near Halloween. I'm dressed as a vintage pilot, sans leather jacket,...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Sep 14, 2022
- 5 min
Lessons of a Self-Published Book Journey
I wrote a book. Then I self-published the book. These are two very different things, with few crossover skills. The process took much...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
Running the 50th Anniversary Shamrock Marathon Weekend - Three takeaways from returning to a big run
It overwhelmed me for a moment while standing in the middle of the Virginia Beach Convention Center. That subtle mix of anxiety and...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5 min
The Three Stages of Running - and Why Stage 3 is My Favorite
It was the simplest expression of how the meaning of running changes and evolves through your life I had ever heard. And it brought one...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Feb 1, 2022
- 5 min
Beyond Mile 20 – Three Lessons of the Marathon
I had never run a step beyond 20 miles. That was my limit. That was the longest of my long runs. Like many first-time marathoners, I had...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Celebrating A Running Anniversary
I knew my life had changed when the young man in the turkey suit onesie whooshed past. I was excited to be running in my very first road...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Global Running Day - Or Just Running With Neighborhood Friends Day
Global Running Day felt like a neighborhood run and I'm glad. My wife and I joined a hundred or so runners for a rainy jaunt along our...
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WILLIAM HAZEL
- Jan 22, 2021
- 6 min
Why Lazarus Lake's Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee is the Perfect Model for Virtual Racing
As the COVID-19 Crisis spread across the US, it left both runners and running race organizers scrambling to unriddle the mystery of how...
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