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While I was at work today, I had the Boston Marathon playing in the background and my runners that I follow on DailyMile on the tracker site on constant reload.
While this blog is updated sporadically at best, most people who follow me on Twitter, Facebook or DailyMile know that I’ve had a tough time of [...]

So I’m traveling for work this week – as I do about once a month. Obviously the beauty of running is that you can do it anywhere and anytime. Fortunately for me, my work travels haven taken me to D.C. until Wednesday night, where I lived for 8 years before heading south to Austin in [...]

So clearly it’s been nearly a years since I’ve written here, so the one or two people who might come check here once in a while are probably wondering where I went and why I’ve come back.
I’ve gone back and forth on blogging for a while now. On the one hand, what’s the point of [...]

Felt nice and strong today, but my balance was a bit tipsy. Tomorrow is when the challenge gets tougher when I have to mitigate work.
I recorded this after today’s class:

As many runners do, I spend an absurd amount of time thinking about all the little eccentricities that could remotely relate to running. The latest is race t-shirt etiquette.
It’s a topic that has no doubt been covered ad nauseam in on of my favorite blog posts of all time. In it, Ben lists about 20 [...]

So those of you who follow me on Twitter or Daily Mile already know the drill. I hurt my foot in the middle of an 8-mile run on Wednesday. The doctor thinks I have peroneal tendonitis. He wants me back in two weeks to double check that there are no fractures. Regardless, it means no [...]

This week, I’ve traveled from the warm comfort of the mild Austin winter to the admittedly slightly less mild winter of D.C. (I’m from Chicago,and  I stand with Obama on D.C.’s lack of affinity for grace under ice). While I am baffled my the general reaction in regards to such mundane activities as commuting and, [...]

So it’s Friday afternoon and I was pondering the 14-mile run I have ahead of me as part of my “maybe” marathon training. (SIDEBAR: I keep calling it my “maybe” training because if I put too page pressure on myself I freeze and well, I won’t make it to the start of the third marathon [...]

Runners World just posted an awesome, extensive Q&A with Kara Goucher, who just had the fastest U.S. women’s marathon debut ever. It got me thinking about where I fit in this crazy sport.
I often tell friends that it is mind boggling to me that elite athletes are better at their sport than I will be [...]

2008 was an up and down year. I got pretty out of top running shape, but I bounced back near the end to run my first half marathon. It’s momentum that I hope to continue in 2009. With that, I present my 2009 running resolutions.