How Pursuing Money Affects Happiness
Pursuing money is about as American as apple pie, fireworks, and a white picket fence. Our country became the greatest because of the freedoms we have to build the life we want. But somewhere...
Category: Running
2016 Glass City Marathon Race Report: Boston Marathon Qualified!
My rendition of the 2016 Glass City Marathon race report features a milestone for every marathoner: I qualified for the Boston Marathon. When I FINALLY ran my first marathon in 2014, I never thought...
Respect the Distance; Taking My Own Advice
Not taking my own advice, I forgot the #1 rule of endurance sports: respect the distance. It doesn’t matter what distance you’re running, cycling, swimming — all of the above. You have to respect...
Rocks and Roots 40K; My Worst Race Yet
The more I thought about the February Rocks and Roots 50M 40K, the more I can’t point my finger to any actual reason the race went so poorly. A sort of perfect storm clusterfuck. ...
Listen to your Body: My #1 Training Rule
Unequivocally, listen to your body is my number one training rule. Why? Because being injury won’t get you to the starting line, let alone the finishing line. I don’t like to run hurt, or...
How to Run a Good Marathon Time? Run More!
Recently I’ve chatted with some running friends, and we’ve discussed the subject of fading toward the end. My advice to run a good marathon time,whatever that may be, is to simply run more. Often...
4 Reasons Cycling is AWESOME Cross Training for Runners
Running is weird in that many people specifically look for cross training, aka different sports to help with their running, as “cross training for runners” is an industry in itself. I recently discovered cycling...
2016 Rocks and Roots 50K Race Report: Mud and Water
Pigs don’t slop in the mud as much as the participants of the 2016 Rocks and Roots Trail Series. For the fourth month in a row, I ran a marathon or longer race. Rocks...
2015 Year in Review — Achieving Millennial
Where do you want to be in five years? Looking on this past year, that may be the most ridiculously thing to ask someone. Just this past month my life has completely changed, let...
2015 Bigfoot 50K Race Report; Ultra & Altra Debut
For such a long race, I was never more relaxed than the start of the 2015 Bigfoot 50K. I suppose since I put no expectations on how I’d run 31 freaky-deaky miles, I was...
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