Category: Running

On Wednesday, March 21, I marked the completion of 1 year of running every day. No days off. Yes, those numbers are accurate; all runs are cataloged in my Garmin Connect profile.  Even I know how much I run, 3600 miles in aggregate form still wows me! I don’t know just how I pulled it…

Confession time.  I try to treat my feet right and replace my running shoes every 300 to 400 miles like I’m supposed to, but I use the excuse that I treat my shoes super nice to string them out as long as possible.  While running is a fairly cost effective form of exercise (especially it…

As usual, I was waaaaay overdue for new shoes.  I’m so bad.  Most experts say that shoes are ripe for replacement after 300-400 miles.  I usually push my to at least 500 miles.  I try to justify that with my mostly road miles routine and the fact that good shoes are crazy expensive these days.…

These days, I mostly run the same route each day; most of the time in the early morning, way before sun up.  Despite feeling like I’m half awake when running on the early shift, I’m so used to my route that I can probably tell you where every crack in the road is and when…

Still rocking the Runner’s World 40 Days of Awesome Streak.  Today is day 18.  I’m at 185 miles total. I don’t really need the streak for motivation, but every little bit helps when the weather makes me want to stay in bed more than freeze my face and fingers off running in the dark. The…

The Mrs asked me what I wanted to for xmas.  Hmm, replace my dead mp3 player?  Another pair of shoes?  Better running gloves?  Decisions, decisions. I’m really bad about safety gear.   I used to wear a safety light, but the last one I had ate batteries so much, I stopped wearing it because it was…

If you don’t follow Runner’s World on Facebook, stop reading now and go follow them.  Tons of good content.  You’re welcome.   The Best Therapy Is Right At Your Feet A great article that describes connections between running and mental health.   It might sound kinda like mumbo jumbo to non-runners, but to me, it is…

Running is almost an affordable sport/exercise/pastime.  Well, except for the shoes. Every runner and running shoe combination is different, but most experts set a baseline of about 300 miles for a shoe.   At that rate, I’d be replacing my shoes pretty much once a month.  That’s not so terrible, right?  Well, retail price for any…

I normally run really early in the morning.  I’m out the door by 4:15, when I can talk my body into it.  Most of the time time, it’s pretty much just me and the road. But sometimes, I stumble on other creatures in the dark.  Most of the time, they’re just cats.  There seems to…

SanDisk Clip Jam 8Gb 2/10/17 – 11/17/17 I was listening to podcasts (my normal persuasion) and the player started to make a crackling noise in the headphones.  Then it skipped a bit, then dead air.  Checked it out, said there was no sd-card inserted (where the podcast I was playing was located.)  That can’t be good. …