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Theresa McCourt is a Winner!

November 26, 2012 By: John Blue Category: General Running News, Masters Runners, Road Races

There is no escaping the inevitable!

Thursday morning’s Bee included one of their all time best running stories.

Ostensibly, the story is about Theresa McCourt and Paul Thomas, the winners of the inaugural Run to Feed the Hungry. But really, the story is a good discussion about the life-long practice of running and what to do when you are no longer at your physical peak.

Their paths illustrate the options facing fast runners post-racing-prime – to doggedly maintain near-peak fitness as long as possible in hopes of staying competitive, or to throttle back and run for the sheer joy of it.

There is, of course, a third option: not to run at all.

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