WILLIAM HAZELNov 20, 20221 min readRunning To Zen - A Marathon JourneyNow available on Amazon Books My first book is about running. Running from not being able to run to running a marathon. I didn't write it...
WILLIAM HAZELMar 23, 20227 min readRunning the 50th Anniversary Shamrock Marathon Weekend - Three takeaways from returning to a big runIt overwhelmed me for a moment while standing in the middle of the Virginia Beach Convention Center. That subtle mix of anxiety and...
WILLIAM HAZELFeb 21, 20225 min readThe Three Stages of Running - and Why Stage 3 is My FavoriteIt was the simplest expression of how the meaning of running changes and evolves through your life I had ever heard. And it brought one...
WILLIAM HAZELFeb 1, 20225 min readBeyond Mile 20 – Three Lessons of the MarathonI 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...
WILLIAM HAZELNov 30, 20214 min readCelebrating A Running AnniversaryI 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...
WILLIAM HAZELJun 17, 20213 min readGlobal Running Day - Or Just Running With Neighborhood Friends DayGlobal 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...
WILLIAM HAZELJan 22, 20216 min readWhy 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...