Simon Says...Run

I forgot to mention yesterday that when I was pushing Kinsey before the start of the race we passed a porta-potty with about 20 people in li...

Ever wake up to perfect weather (60, sunny, calm and no humidity) and wish you’d signed up for a race? That’s what happened today. The Bri...

My schedule called for a day off this coming Wednesday, but I decided to take it today. We went to the zoo this morning, then everyone took...

Today's run was supposed to include a 4 mile warm-up, then 10 miles of progressively faster running - dropping the pace from 7:15 to 6:3...

For some reason I don’t really mind going to the dentist. I was there about a month ago to get a crown on a molar that chipped. While “dig...

Somewhere along the line I migrated my Thursday morning runs to the evening. It probably has to do with 1) the “nicer” (and I use that term...

The tanker truck I mentioned yesterday closed the Interstate for the evening rush too. Like an idiot, I forgot to check the traffic before ...

Every once in awhile I have a run where the only thing I can think about is food. Today I ran a VERY easy 5 miles just before lunch. About...

What a beautiful evening; 70-75 degrees, sunny, a dew point of 45 and no wind. A great night for our last hill workout before Grandma’s. W...

Here's a letter I got from my coach today. The CAPS are his. FUN and CHALLENGING sessions are scheduled for the next 2 weeks. JUST THI...

Just an easy 6 mile run this morning – nothing exciting to report. At work this morning I got a meeting notice for 12:00-1:00 meeting. The o...

Or should I say “Does everyone think they suck?” I went for a nice 10 mile trail run today. The whole time I was thinking about this topic. ...

Since I’ve had some Achilles problems in the past, I decided to take yesterday off. Today I planned my run around a local 5k that I wanted ...

I didn’t even run on my treadmill last night, but I hate it. After completing last Thursday’s workout (6 mile tempo run with the miles at 6...

Grandma’s marathon is 1 month from today. It’s coming fast. After 3 nice weeks at the beginning of April, the weather has been shitty for ...

Tonight my team met at Minnehaha Falls for a hill workout. So far our hill workouts have been running a hill 1 or 2 times and then running o...

I just ran an easy 5 miles this morning and I think that’s about all I could handle. My legs were really heavy. I’d be surprised if I was ru...

I had a 20 miler scheduled for today. Even with walking the dog, eating a light breakfast and drinking some coffee, I was able to hit the ro...

Friday night I just jumped on the treadmill for 7 easy miles – nothing exciting. Saturday was the garage sale (actually it was Friday and S...

Okay, I’ll admit it, I own a pair of these . I like adidas and I like light weight trainers, so I thought “what the heck.” Given some of t...