Simon Says...Run

In past marathon training cycles, I’ve almost exclusively followed Jack Daniels or Pete Pftizinger’s training plans. I don’t really know why...

I’ll start with a random thought I had on Monday, which is trash collection day in my neighborhood; Why do we make it easy for mail to be ...

  Both feet (barely) off the ground. Photo: Evan Roberts As January comes to a close, I like to think I followed my “master plan” for the mo...

10-pt Scale of Perceived Effort   Zones and Paces that align with workout intensities from Run Like a Pro Current and Goal Paces for differe...

One thing I forgot to mention about Saturday’s race and running by feel vs. checking my splits is that my first mile was way too slow. I ran...

The challenge of running back-to-back races of (essentially) the same distance is trying to evaluate them objectively. I’d love to say that ...

It’s funny that the winter that I decide to ramp up my running is the time that we have incredible snow. Just a week ago we received 16” of ...

If I go through with it, my next race will be in a month. I used to run the Winter Carnival half marathon ever year as a benchmark to see ho...

I like to read quite a bit. Included in my reading are a lot of books on running, runners, and training. I mentioned recently that I was con...

If nothing else, this newfound motivation has me thinking about my exercise routine more. Although I wouldn’t say I’m “training” yet, I am m...

 I think I mentioned this the other day, but one of the challenges for me (and every other runner) is figuring out what works as I get older...

  I remember a reader once saying, “What isn’t measured isn’t managed.” That simple comment has stuck with me over the years. I find that if...

I was listening to a podcast with Neil Young today and was struck a couple of times by how his relationship with music is similar to my rela...

  I ran into someone recently that said they had read my Superior 100 recap. Given that that race was over 3 years ago, I went back and read...

More important to me than the RACE RECAP and getting to the finish line is how I got to the start line. In that race recap I wrote abou...