Another Southern Odyssey
Exhausted, sore, and half-asleep, I stare into the read-view mirror of our van. While I wait for Jeremy to appear on the horizon behind me, I strike up a conversation with a much younger version of myself. “We enjoy this?” “Hell yes!” The young me grins from ear to ear, gripping a roll of quarters [...]
In Defense of Shoes
Go to your favorite hiking trail. Walk down the path, then sit down for a moment and take off your shoes and socks. Keep walking. Notice where your eyes go. If you’re anything like me, or the people I’ve watched perform this same exercise, your eyes go directly to the path in front of you. [...]
200 Miles, 8 Runners, 31 Hours: A Race Log
Introduction I’ve always thought of distance running as an individual sport. You throw on some shoes, pop in some earbuds and put one foot in front of the other for a long time. Sure you may go out in a group from time to time, but if you can have a conversation than you’re not [...]
An Evolving Experiment in Fitness
My lungs are raw from gasping for 7 minutes solid. My vision has only now returned from the blurry and wild eyed stupor I was in just a few hours ago, when I crashed on the gym mat in an effort to get my heart rate down to a safe level. I still haven’t fully [...]
The Evernote Workout Log
A few weeks back I wrote about a little fitness experiment I had started to try and reduce the amount of time I spent training while maximizing results. During the experiment I needed a place to document my workouts so I could review my progress and see if I was meeting my goals, as well [...]
An Experiment in Fitness
Let me start by saying that this article shouldn’t be considered an endorsement of a training methodology. First of all I don’t have the expertise to endorse or recommend anything. Also there is a reason that the word ‘personal’ often appears before training, it’s different for everyone and you need to make your own decisions [...]
2008: A Year Off
Well, as far as athletic competition goes. Anyone paying attention probably noticed that I added nothing to my race schedule after The ING Atlanta Marathon in March, whereas usually I have at least 3 or 4 races in the Summer, and some runs in the Fall. What happened? Not sure. I forgot to sign up [...]
American Gods and running with the dead
So I finally got around to reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman this past winter, and as it turned out I couldn’t have picked better circumstances. Actually I didn’t so much “read” American Gods as I listened to it. As narrated by George Guidall, who I am convinced is the finest narrator of audio books [...]
How to eat whatever the hell you want
…And still lose weight. If I ever decide to write something just to make money, this is going to be the title. Diet books sell, right? I expect I can get a book with a title like this into the hands of at least 500,000 unsuspecting fad-dieters. Here’s the outline: Chapter 1: The food Chapter [...]
