January 6, 2015
Those first steps on fresh snow are wonderful for me. As a runner, nothing is worse than rain. It just soaks through everything and, unless it […]
April 27, 2015
You did it! You conquered the big race. It could have been a 5K for some and for others a marathon…or more. I hope you enjoyed […]
May 11, 2015
We all battle our own demons or weaknesses…. If you are reading this blog, most likely you are a runner in some respect. Perhaps running is […]
May 26, 2015
Here we are on a daily basis, probably complaining of the weather or how we are getting older or not hitting our times like we want […]
August 21, 2015
I have been running since I was 12 and I have run with all kinds of runners – faster, slower, older, younger, men, women… But until this […]
November 23, 2015
Unless you are with a group of people and talking, a run can take longer to finish without distractions. You can watch a movie while on […]
December 3, 2015
Note the picture you see – it is a dead end. Most people won’t even go in that direction as there is no way out but the way you […]
December 3, 2015
Note the picture you see – it is a dead end. Most people won’t even go in that direction as there is no way out but the way you […]
December 20, 2015
“Why do I need a running coach? I can join a gym and the trainer will help me and find all these plans on-line that tell me exactly what […]
January 29, 2016
People often confuse the words pressure and stress in terms of how we feel as humans. Outside influences put pressure on us and it creates stress […]
January 29, 2016
People often confuse the words pressure and stress in terms of how we feel as humans. Outside influences put pressure on us and it creates stress […]
February 6, 2016
Around 1992 or so I was sitting at Gleason’s Bar in Saddle Brook, NJ and drew my quick life analysis on a napkin. It kind of looked like […]
April 17, 2016
Some of us have run hundreds of 5K’s…..even hundreds of marathons. If you’ve run 5K’s – can you remember your 1st one? If you have never […]
April 28, 2016
When my running took a slower turn in my early 40’s I thought it was the final slowdown – we all get older and we all […]
May 7, 2016
“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary” – that is a line from the movie Dead Poets Society as spoken by Robin Williams. […]
May 13, 2016
There has been a recent running boom since about 2005. Between 2005-2013, the number of runners finishing a race has almost doubled, from about 10,000,000 finishers […]
May 28, 2016
This may not affect many of you, but I was a track runner and, since I’m off to a 2-day track meet this weekend, it is […]
June 21, 2016
I don’t have time…..it is a common statement. When you have that first child and you are balancing everything: the baby, your spouse, no sleep, your […]