Surviving a Mile at a Time (The Marathon Chronicles, Part V)

The bicycle is wonderful for a near-infinite number of reasons, but perhaps the most extraordinary is the fact that, when properly built up, a bicycle can coast. When you are going downhill, you can stop working and yet keep going; perhaps you’ll even go faster. You can take short breaks on level ground, too. You can, amazingly, even coast uphill briefly. You cannot, on the other hand, coast at all when running. A fact I, until this past weekend, never really fully comprehended. 26.2 miles is a long way to go without getting to coast. Really long. Foreshadowing The last …
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