Simon Says...Run

Now that I’ve had a few days to ponder my marathon, I’ve come up with a bunch of random thoughts. Given that I ran fairly even splits and ...

Looking back, here’s what I wrote the night before the marathon; Tomorrow I'd like to go through the half between 1:33 - 1:34. That w...

Here I sit the night before the race. I don't have much to report from the taper. It's been pretty normal, meaning I felt great fo...

Two weeks till TCM and I'm just gonna say it; I feel great. It seems like it's been forever since I had a decent training cycle for...

Would it be a marathon training cycle if some doubt didn’t creep in? Things have been sailing along pretty well for 3 month, but then I got...

I’m happy to report that I’m over my cold – and that I survived last week’s heat wave where the heat index was over around 105 degrees a cou...

As TCM draws closer, I’ve been trying to come up with a goal time. I’ve been thinking somewhere in the 3:06 – 3:10 range would be nice. Th...

Dang, where does the time go? It seems like I can’t even keep this thing updated every two weeks. Anyway, things are still going well since ...

It's been 2 weeks since my last training update and I'm happy to report that things are still going in the right direction.  I'v...

I wanted to share a couple more food-related books and a website that I've been using lately.   First, my college buddy, Ben, recomm...

What a great time to be a runner in the Twin Cities!  In case you haven't heard, my favorite store, TC Running Company , is opening a se...

I had forgotten how much a 13 mile race takes out of me. Even with a super light week last week, I feel like I’m just now recovered from the...

Before my marathon predicting gets too out of control here, I need to take a step back and calm myself down. At the end of my last post I me...

Man, where to start with this race report? I guess I’ll start with my goal. The only thing I really had to go off of was my recent 19:14 5K....

Here’s a quick recap of Weeks #2 and #3: June 9th – 15th Sunday: Day Off Monday: 8 miles on Hyland trails Tuesday: 5 miles Wednesday...

As a marketer, we constantly talk about testing 1 variable at a time in order to figure out that variable's impact on the results.  Anyt...

Week #1 is in the books: Sunday: 8K of roller skiing Monday: 8 miles w/ 4 @ LT on Hyland trails + 12 mile bike ride Tuesday: 5 miles We...

I think the older we get, the faster we used to be. I’m not talking about PRs. Like most runners, I know all my PRs by heart. I’m talking a...

As I mentioned last time, the little ‘5K’ at work got me excited to see what I could do on a certified course. In the Twin Cities, Memorial ...

You can probably tell that I like books, especially when I’m trying to learn something new. I have a ton of books on running and I love fol...