March & April Ultra Training Update

I realized about halfway through April that I had never posted an ultra training update for March. Well, here it is almost halfway through May, and I’m just now postingĀ an update. Better late than never, right? Right? Just in general, I haven’t been writing here nearly as much as I’d like. I certainly have things […]

First Race of the Season

This weekend I’ve got my first race of the season, the Eagle River Challenge, a trail 10k. I ran this race last year, which was my first ever trail race, and had a really great time. I’m really looking forward to getting out there again this year and hitting the trails. It’s a fairly hilly […]

I’m Going Goofy!

My wife is what I’ll call a “planner”. She likes to have things planned out way in advance. We’ve had this trip at least tentatively planned out for close to a year now. So when registration opened up this week for the 2013 Disney World Marathon weekend, we signed up almost immediately. My wife signed […]

iRunVegas

I spent last week in Las Vegas losing my kids’ college funds at the slots attending a conference for work. Even though I ran my first marathon there, I’m not much of a Vegas guy. That being said, I did manage to get in a few good runs while I was there. I woke up […]

Why I Love Running in the Morning

More and more, I’ve been waking up early on the weekends to get in my longer runs before the day even really starts. When the alarm goes off at 4:30, it’s always a little tough to drag myself out of my warm bed and outside into the cold. But once I get out there I’m […]