Last night something unusual happened. In the middle of running my first mile repeat along the Bike and Hike trail off of Route 303 in Hudson my heart stopped. Not in a literal sense. It just stopped. The world around me looked foreign and feigned, the light looked artificial, and the wind flowing through my …
Not Together
I apologize if the following post gets a little melancholy, but it's with a heavy heart that I announce that my favorite adventure buddy has parted ways with me. The split took place yesterday. In 2007, I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder and have been battling the illness ever since. I take medication daily, see …
Scenes from Badlands Pt. 2
Scenes from Badlands Pt. 1
Plantar Fascist
In 2007, while on an Alaskan cruise with my family, I had the horrible misfortune of tearing the soleus muscle in my right leg. I was using a leg-press machine to do calf presses and the muscle ripped from its head near the knee about halfway down fro where it inserts at the knee. Looking …
Working Watch
I've been down this road before, but it never ceases to amaze me how new and exciting long runs still remain to me even after six consecutive years of intensive training. Today I went for what I would consider my first real long run since the Lake Wobegon Marathon back in May. I took the …
It Was Hot…
...again. The last three weeks have been absolutely brutal. Yesterday evening was actually a respite of sorts from the temperatures we have been seeing as of late, and it was still 81 degrees when I arrived at Lavelli Field in Hudson to cruise through a massive 12x400m workout to mimic running a 10k. If I …
Weekend Work
This weekend was work. I really don't know any other way to put it. Not in a terrible or bogging sense, just work. It started Friday with depleted energy reserves and basically having to drag myself outside to run seven miles and then continued Saturday morning with 15 miles on the Towpath, which represents the …
Renegade Runner 