Excitement at the Malden Half-Marathon

Posted byPhilip A. Lederer MDPosted inrunning

Yesterday morning, I woke up early and braved 21 degree weather to run a half- marathon in the city of Malden, just North of Boston. And it was all thanks to my friend, Peeyush Bhardwaj.

I met Peeyush a few month ago at the Jamaica Plain Park Run. He was funny and talkative, and we hit it off. On Saturday, he brought up the Malden 1/2 Marathon, and soon I decided to join him there.

Thankfully it gradually warmed up a bit as the sun came up and the race began. After a couple of hours, I even took my jacket off and ran in my tee-shirt. There also was one shirtless runner, and one barefoot runner. So it wasn’t *that* cold.

Peeyush and I did a lot of talking as we jogged, and I tried out different techniques to stay warm and not get stiff. I did a bit of dance-running, side-stepping, and even backwards running. That seemed to help my sore muscles a lot.

Before I knew it I was sprinting to the finish line. The race took me 2 hours, 41 minutes, and 23 seconds!

Thanks Peeyush!

At the finish line, with Peeyush Bhardwaj. A good race!
I left my jacket on this zamboni and ran in my tee shirt.
About 7 miles in.
A refrigerator with food for homeless people in Malden
Bike sculpture
Art en route
Before the race it was very cold.
Staying warm before the race. I could have satin Starbucks for 2:41:33 and drank hot chocolate… but I didn’t.
Regarding Russia and nuclear weapons
We must get rid of nukes globally, or we will always face a Holocaust

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Published by Philip A. Lederer MD

Thanks for visiting my website! I was born in 1980 in Columbus, Ohio and live with my family in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. My training is in internal medicine, public health, and infectious diseases. I am an advocate, writer, and musician, and recently I completed my first marathon.

3 thoughts on “Excitement at the Malden Half-Marathon”

  2. Hi Phil, Congrats on the half marathon.

    If you have a moment to send the complete text and/ or citation for the nuclear war screen shots that you sent, I would appreciate it.

    Bon courage! With thanks. Martha

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  3. Thanks

    On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 4:14 AM Health and Healing wrote:

    > Philip Lederer MD posted: ” Yesterday morning, I woke up early and braved > 21 degree weather to run a half- marathon in the city of Malden, just North > of Boston. And it was all thanks to my friend, Peeyush Bhardwaj. I met > Peeyush a few month ago at the Jamaica Plain Park Run. He” >

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