Goals for 2011

Personally, I’m not a big fan of making New Year’s resolutions – I’d say they are pretty cliché at this point, considering that most don’t survive past the end of January. Instead, I much better like the idea of setting goals for myself for the coming year. With that being said, here are my health […]

Las Vegas Rock n’ Roll Marathon Recap

Well, it’s official – I’m a marathoner! This past weekend, I travelled to Las Vegas to run in the Rock n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday. If you didn’t already know, this was my first marathon, and I’ve been busy training for it the last few months. Being my first, I didn’t want to put a […]

Thanksgiving Recovery & Marathon Week

I feel like I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving last week. We ended up doing Thanksgiving separately with mine and my wife’s families this year, which really just meant double the food. We started out with brunch at my mother-in-law’s house, which I actually did quite well at. For someone who doesn’t eat meat herself, it […]

Review: Running on the Snow and Ice Wearing Yak Trax

As winter has been fast approaching here in Alaska, I’ve been getting worried about how I was going to handle running on the ice and snow. I put the question out on Twitter last week how other people handle running in the winter, and I was surprised when several people recommended Yak Trax. I’ve actually […]

Marathon Training Update

I looked at a calendar the other day and realized that there are only 5 weeks until my first marathon! After I finished panicking (not really 🙂 ), I realized that it was high time I gave an update on how my training’s been going. Overall, I’d say my training has been going very well […]