Category: Today On The Run

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. …

I’m pretty thankful to have the time, energy, and fitness to run as much as I do.  It also doesn’t hurt that I live in an area where it’s pretty feasible to run all year round.  So, I rack up a lot of mostly trouble free miles.  A lot, in this case means, more than 3,000…

Welcome to a new series on the blog, Today On the Run.   Just short quips from the today’s (or yesterday’s) run.  I’m putting them here so they’re a little easier to read in serial fashion and not limited to just 140 characters.  Here we go, Today On the Run #1. In the middle of my run,…