Three of us from Roadkill Racing trudged down to Ithaca for the fourth race in the Pete Glavin Upstate New York Cross Country Series on Sunday. I wrote a race report on the Roadkill Racing website if anyone wants to read all about our harrowing adventure. There is one more Read more…
Some of you may wonder what I’ve been up to since my performance at Grandma’s Marathon. Now that I am not focusing on the marathon distance anymore, I have turned my attention to cross country. My team, Roadkill Racing, fields a team every year in the Pete Glavin Upstate New Read more…
Lately it seems that the list of foods you should or should not eat changes every day. If you follow the headlines from Runner’s World, or Women’s Health, or the NY Times, every new issue has the “Top 10 Super Foods” or “14 Ingredients You Should Never Eat.” It’s hard Read more…
As I was running the other day, I found my mind wandering. I found myself thinking about two of my favorite things in life: music and beer. I consider myself a connoisseur of sorts of them both, and tend to prefer the same characteristics in both. In beers, I tend Read more…
Prepare yourselves; this is going to be a doozie. On Saturday, June 22nd, Ashlie and I both ran Grandma’s Marathon, a mid-size point-to-point marathon starting in Two Harbors, Minnesota, and ending in downtown Duluth. Both of us had high hopes for it; Ashlie had been training hard and was looking Read more…
Grandma’s Marathon is two days away. I don’t know how I feel about that. Usually, I am excited for a marathon, and have entered the last few marathons knowing that I could run well. After missing four weeks during my heaviest training period, however, I am not as confident as Read more…
Finding the perfect marathon flat has been a lifelong quest of mine. I don’t think I have worn the same flat for more than two marathons before. For a while I thought I had found a shoe that was just the right mixture of cushioning and responsiveness in the Adidas Read more…
Exactly 29 days ago, I ran a terrific workout that proved to me that I was quickly getting into the best shape of my life. After jogging to a local high school track, I did 4x 2 miles with 3 minutes rest, averaging 5:40 pace. The pace came to me easily and Read more…
One of the reasons I started this blog was to encourage younger runners who may not be the best or the fastest, but want to improve. As I mentioned previously, I was never a standout runner, in high school or college. Even at the small Class C high school I Read more…
March 16th was Johnny’s Running of the Green, which is a very popular and very competitive 5-miler, usually being won in under 25 minutes. Most recent victors have included the 2005 NCAA Division 3 cross country champion and a Division 1 runner with a 5K PR of 14:18. I’ve been Read more…