Simon Says...Run

I’m so out of touch with my blog that I can’t remember what I’ve written lately. As Beth pointed out, my reference to R-cubed wasn’t very c...

Well, it’s on. After my initial trepidation, I signed up for R-cubed. And by “signed up” I mean bought a plane ticket. Immediately after ...

With a new year on the horizon, I’ve decided to reconsider pulling the plug on R-cubed. If there’s one thing I learned in 2010, it’s that l...

I made it 23 miles in my first week back and then my shin started to feel weird again, so I decided to shut running down for awhile. The goo...

With the shin problems, Thanksgiving, and busy time at work, I ended up taking a week-and-a-half off. The good news is that the shin feels ...

This time of year is always busy for me at work and this year has been no different. I've had lots on my mind, but not much time to writ...

Almost 6 months to the day I wrote this post where I was seeking help regarding writing an article about mileage trumping ancillary trainin...

Wow! The New York Road Runners took marathon coverage to a new level over the weekend. They had incredible coverage leading up to the New Y...

Back on October 14th, I challenged myself to become more consistent with my running during the rest of the month. I think I did a pretty go...

After this post two weeks ago, I decided to break out a calendar to see when the 2011 Winter Carnival Half Marathon occurs. It falls on Ja...

I get the whole concept that we’re really only competing against ourselves in this sport. However, I can’t help but look through the results...

I’m not sure it’s a conscious or subconscious decision, but during the last few years I’ve seemed to be searching for ways to give back to t...

I’m starting to think that this “recreational” running is not for me. I just can’t find any motivation when there’s not a race on the horizo...

As the years have gone by, it seems like fewer and fewer of my college teammates are still running. That’s understandable as work and family...

If you’ve ever read my bio it basically reiterates what I wrote yesterday; "I'm a runner at heart. I followed my dad out the door w...

As I was watching TCM on Sunday it really hit me that I am a runner. Of course, I’ve known this all along, but for some reason it really occ...

I love running during this time of year for a lot of reasons; the cooler weather, the changing colors, it’s cross country season, and there ...

The good news is that the juices are flowing again. The bad news is that the 2010 season is over. But that’s alright. I always love wipin...

What runner doesn’t like pasta? Recently I heard Mario Batali promoting a free downloadable Celebrity Cookbook . I just downloaded it, so...

Not much is new, but I have some time over lunch so I thought I’d try to blog a little bit. After averaging just over 40 MPW for the last 3...