RECAP: I had a week of serious ups and downs. I had some bad news which means I will have almost no time to post here for a while, and some very good news – I got engaged. Both of these meant that I didn’t have the time to work out as much as I...

Some lessons learned from the runners of the 1970s stick with us today. Perhaps the two  most important are: 1. You need to get in the mileage. 2. Short shorts are most comfortable. Nobody epitomized getting in the miles more than Ron Hill. Hill...

For the people out there who know me in real life, you know I am a pretty political person. I have spent most of my adult life working in political organizations. But this blog isn’t suppossed to be about that, it is suppossed to be about running. And...

Recap – I had a really great week exercise wise. Joining the local gym was the best investment in fitness I have made in a while. With my running so limited recently, I need to be working out in the gym or I am going to get enormous and out of...

Congratulations to Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans setting a new PR in  3:33:02 Derartu Tulu winning the women’s division in 2:28:52 Meb Keflezighi becoming the first American in 27 years to win the NYC marathon, finishing in 2:09:15 I am...