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QT: Bucking Conventional Wisdom May Be the Right Call

If you talk to enough runners, you’re going to hear quite a few unwritten rules that supposedly all runners should follow.

But does that mean you have to follow those rules to the letter?

Or even follow them at all?

When I ran the Celebration half marathon recently, I decided to thumb my nose at multiple “rules” on race day.

Turns out, purposefully breaking the unwritten rules can actually work quite well… Read more

Today we are taking a look back at Episode 573, from May of 2018, with one of the OGs of road running, Mr. Chuck Van Duzee. Enjoy!

Today I am going a few easy miles with a man that ran his first marathon before I was born.

Chuck Van Duzee at the 2017 NYC Marathon

It’s safe to say that Chuck Van Duzee has some stories to share with over 4 decades of running experience.

In total, he’s run over 300 marathons throughout the U.S. and around the world.

(Update: Chuck recently completed his 356th marathon!)