Years ago, back in the days when I had an active gym membership, I used to despise January. It was during this month that my otherwise sleepy 24 Hour Fitness became a madhouse. The New Year would bring in an abundance of guilty souls who were desperate to keep up with their exercise-based resolutions. As… Read More Running Goals for 2017
Watching distance running on TV isn’t great. But I have an idea that could make it better.… Read More Rio 2016: Make Televised Running Great Again
If there’s one thing I love, it’s warm weather running. As I’ve lamented numerous times on this humble blog, I am not a fan of cold temps and precipitation, which is why it’s so weird to think about all the time I spent not running when I lived in Los Angeles. For ten years I… Read More Running Away from Home: Southern California
The people of the Pacific Northwest are known for being outdoors-y. In fact, the State of Washington requires all of its citizens to own at least three pieces of fleece clothing. Up in these parts people love hiking, biking to work, and something called geoduck hunting. So it’s not terribly surprising that up this way… Read More GO LONG Floating Bridge 10K: 12 Pictures
Years ago some brilliant storyteller created the perfect metaphor for the inner workings of our conscience… the devil and angel on our shoulders. We’re all familiar with the visual, a devil appears on a shoulder whispering in a character’s ear and suggesting the least scrupulous way to deal with a situation, while on the other… Read More Running with the Devil
Back in 2012 I decided to jump feet first into the world of semi-serious long distance running. As part of my initiation into this subculture, my runner girlfriend (now my runner wife) let me know in no uncertain terms that I needed to buy “real” running shoes. Apparently, grabbing a $50 pair of sneakers at… Read More My Cheating Feet: The Guilt of Changing Brands
A couple of weeks ago I took to the pixels of this blog to lament the difficulty my wife and I were having deciding which half marathon we should run this spring. Parameters were set. Locations were discussed. Websites were explored. And despite the myriad of potential events, we couldn’t seem to find the right… Read More Spring Half Marathon… found. (California here we come!)
This may seem like the cantankerous ramblings of a cynical, bitter runner, but ask yourself, what has Ludvine done to deserve her impressive half marathon time and the accompanying fame and notoriety?… Read More Running Pet Peeve #15: Racing Dogs
A new week is here and Sunday’s Columbia Gorge Half Marathon is but a memory. While I’m excited that the race is over and I don’t have to run 13.1 miles (in a row) any time in the near future, I’m also thrilled to have nailed every single one of the Five Race Goals I posted earlier… Read More Columbia Gorge Half: 12 Pictures
It’s hard to believe November is almost here. It seems like just yesterday I was enjoying the warmth of summer and runs that were fun and carefree. But now that fall is in full swing, those glorious days of warmth and sunshine have been replaced with crisp temperatures and dampness. Fall has also meant training… Read More Columbia Gorge Half: Five Goals
The Reluctant Runner 