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Running recipe Wednesday: Black bean burritos
Sometimes simple is divine. After reading up on the benefits of black beans in Runner’s World, I decided to go on a search for a recipe I could make to incorporate the wonder bean into a quick post...
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Running as therapy
Runtherapy. That is my Twitter handle and user name in a few places on the Internets. And it was a very deliberately chosen name. As we enter the home stretch of the marathon winter season, running...
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The zen art of running with WTF and Garry Shandling
I am entering longer runs by myself on Fridays and the extent to which my brain will debate with me and lie to me in order to prevent me from going out and doing what the schedule says grows. The lie...
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Fauja Singh races last competative race, banishes all excuses
If you do not recognize the man above, his name is Fauji Singh and at age 100 he became the oldest person to run a marathon. Singh did not truly begin to run until he was 89, after he lost his wife and...
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A late training week in review: Running on leaded
Sometimes life gets in the way of passions. Sometimes there is just a lack of it. Last week I ran on empty. My posting floundered. My run schedule looked like this: Sunday With relatively nice weather...
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Wednesday run recipe: Soul food
This week’s recipe is a cheat, or more honestly, a repeat. I did not find the time to research a recipe and go to the grocery store between last Wednesday and this one to prepare a new, healthy meal...
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Running on anger and other things
So, shortly after my run review posted last Sunday (full disclosure: I do schedule many of these) I plotted a course after work, laced up my shoes, and strapped on my Garmin. After days of small...
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The runner’s lament
Cincinnati Panorama (High-Res 8174 x 3511) (Photo credit: J Heffner) A friend of mine was commenting on Facebook the other day on the number of jerk drivers who hog city streets when she runs or bikes...
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Two marathons, tapers, and a question of crazy or genius
(Photo credit: >Rooners) I am either genius or crazy. A week from Sunday, April 28 I will start one of two marathons I plan to run within a two-week period. Nothing I read on the Internets suggest...
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Spring marathon recap: Part I – When Pigs Fly
So, the last I wrote, I shared the ludicrous plan to run one marathon as training for another. I also was uneasy about a decision to wear a small camera in a harness strapped to my chest for work for...
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Running on empty: The much delayed two marathons in two weeks epilogue
Okay, it’s been a while since my last post and there really isn’t a good reason. My fingers work just fine. I took a break from running to give my legs a rest after the Cleveland marathon, so it’s not...
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Summer marathon training: Refueling the tank with a break
Marathon Preparedness (Photo credit: super-structure) Over the past month I decided to give myself a little break from running and this blog. The time off was very much needed. I was experiencing a bit...
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To be a kid again: Leaping first, looking later
On a recent Friday I watched my 4-year-old nephew take his first steps toward the end of a blue fiberglass diving board. He walked about a foot away from the board’s edge, suspended over ten feet of...
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Radiolab listening: What I do when I don’t run
When I’m not lacing up my shoes and going on long runs, I am generally spending most of my time being a geek. I’m a big fan of podcasts. They are a lot easier to digest than finding the time to do...
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Running without pace: The zen art of letting go of expectation
I made myself a promise at the beginning of the fall marathon training season: I would not focus on pace. That meant I would set no race goals. I would wear no watch. I would enjoy myself. Nearly half...
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Photos: Ohio River run, Cincinnati
Last Monday I made the effort to get out of bed early and go for a pre-dawn run to avoid some late summer heat. The dawn rewarded me with a spectacular view of the Ohio River shrouded in fog dappled by...
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The next run: Sometimes, it just happens that way
After writing about the uplifting power of running, I had what was one of the most brutal long runs of the season. To add insult to injury, it was actually one of the shortest “long-runs” I had in a...
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Spring marathon training 2014: Old friends and a big thank you
I want to thank everyone for the positive feedback on the last post about my nephew. He really is a wonderful kid, and a long time ago that relationship taught me more about love than can fittingly be...
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I am delusional, I daydream about sub-4 hour marathons, I am the dork knight!
Every year around this time I fall into a delusional day-dream as I run. Around mile seven or eight of my first 16 miler in my training schedule my chest swells. I can hear the cheer of the crowd...
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Recovery month and new routines
Nothing earth shattering or crazy happened over the past month. I bought TomTom’s Multisport GPS watch. I mixed up my workout routine, a bit. And I embarrassed myself with yoga once or twice and want...
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