Running, Cycling, and Better Days Ahead

Today, I started to think about drinking before noon. Which is funny, I suppose, in that recently I’ve been making an effort to drink a lot less. I’ve looked at my bike and thought, “Well, I could go for a ride. That might help.” I’ve looked at my running shoes and thought, “Sometimes running […]

Training, Challenges, and Ideal Moments

My first half marathon was 10 months ago. At the time, I was living outside of Washington, DC. I travelled down to Orlando for the RunDisney Star Wars Dark Side Half. The plan was to meet a group of online running friends, and to make a vacation out of the event. Of course, the first […]

Where Running Takes Me

“The first mile always sucks” is what I tell myself on every run. It tends to hold true. By the end of the second or the third – or at worst on the long runs, the fifth – things start falling into place. The right song comes on. The aggressive winds die down or start […]