Life has been busy lately. I’m still not running a whole lot, and my hamstring still isn’t quite 100%, but that’s ok because I’ve had other things to focus on instead. Ashlie and I are planning a few home improvement projects, I have taken over as president of Roadkill Racing, Read more…
A few Sundays ago, one of my favorite days of the entire year arrived. For the past fifteen years, I have competed in the Utica Boilermaker 15K, always held on the second Sunday of July, and since 2006, I have finished in under an hour. That means this year would Read more…
It’s been a while since I’ve been inspired enough to write about new music. Sure, I’ve picked up some really great albums recently, including Ne Obliviscaris, Agalloch, and Chvrches, but they haven’t grabbed me in such a way that I need to share them. That is reserved for this song, Read more…
In my last post, I mentioned that I would be taking some time off to let my hamstring recover. Little I know that I would end up taking five weeks almost completely off, and that my hamstring would still feel tight and inflamed even after three weeks of not running. Read more…
The four of you who read this blog may recall that in my last post, I mentioned that I tweaked my hamstring running on snow and ice a month or so ago. In the past weeks, it has oscillated between feeling a bit tight to being to being so painful Read more…
I am now several months into my newest experiment of high mileage. And now I remember why I’ve never run 70+ miles per week over the winter before: it freaking sucks!! I have been averaging about 80mpw for the last 10 weeks, and it has become progressively more difficult as Read more…
Some of you may have read my last post detailing my triumphant return to running high mileage this winter. A few of those may be wondering how that’s working for me. In a nutshell: good! I took five days off from running after the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. Even though I Read more…
As you might have heard, I did not run under 16 minutes in the 5K this year. But that’s ok, because I have a plan. A plan so crazy it just might work! What is that plan, you ask? Well I’ll tell you! I am going to do the opposite Read more…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably heard lots of distance coaches, running columnists, exercise physiologists, and running store employees urging us all to run slower on our easy runs. The reasoning is simple: the slower you run on your easy days, the better you will recover and will be Read more…
This fall, I had one goal and one goal only: to run under 16 minutes for a 5K. Everything I have done since June has been with that singular goal in mind. In June and July, I increased my mileage to 80 miles per week, and following a mediocre Boilermaker Read more…