Running a Marathon – Not Impossible It’s been almost 6 months since my last official race. That's a long layover between athletic competitions for me, but that’s what happens in the Midwest. It gets cold, snowy and you don’t want to step foot outside, much less run in it. Anyways, a few months back after being cooped up all winter, I decided I was going to run a marathon. The weather started to warm up and I’ve been training quietly for a marathon for ...
The #1 Thing I Learned From 2nd Place In My First 10K
Saturday morning I headed out at 4:45am. Unfortunately, due to equal parts bad navigation and poor marked signage, the short 1-hour drive turned into 2 1/2 as I turned myself around at least a dozen times. After some out-loud yelling at my car, I finally figured everything out and showed up to the race. The Race The main race going on for the weekend was a duathon [10k run, 40k bike, then another 10k run] and there were a few hundred people there ...
Vibrams Five Fingers Review Part 1
This is 1st part of a 2 part series where I review my Vibram Five Fingers Shoes I bought last month. You can read the second part of the review here. *** photo credit: Richard Monteverde A few weeks back I took a plunge and got a pair of Vibrams Five Finger running shoes. After using them for a few weeks, I finally feel like I've run enough in them to give a review of my experiences with them so I decided I might as well make it a video ...
New “Shoes”
Hey, I put some new shoes on, And suddenly everything is right - Paolo Nutini [Listen] ---- I've been needing new shoes lately. My current shoes I got January '09 for my last track season. I've been wearing them since and they've been pretty worn down. I needed to get some new ones and I've been seeing and hearing a lot of Vibrams 5 Fingers shoes and hearing people swear by them. I sent out a shout on twitter to see if they really were the real deal ...