I ran until I heard the beep of my watch counting my mile lap, took a few more steps to hit .02 past (my running OCD), and then stopped my workout. I was a mile short of my long-run goal, but it didn’t matter. Walking back to my house, I contemplated how to change what I […]
A running comeback needs to start somewhere
I turned my Garmin on, and it caught a GPS signal immediately. I did some leg swings and started running with my Thursday morning group … slowly. It’s funny how quickly an every day habit comes back. Sure, I hadn’t run a step in two weeks (and I’ve missed 28 days since July 1), but […]
Firecracker 5K redemption … sort of
“Why did I want to do this?” I looked down at my watch this morning, and it showed I was 1.21 miles into the Firecracker 5K course. I was falling off pace and questioning why running the course means so much to me. After I spent my Fourth of July in bed and on medication […]
Searching for my lost running gears
I mash my foot to the floorboard. My RPMs rise higher and higher, yet I can’t shift up. If my body is a running machine, then I’m missing crucial running gears. I learned how to drive with on a stick shift, a 1989 Ford Bronco II. The gears were butter, barely any need for the […]
Garmin 735XT GPS watch review
My name is Brent, and I have a problem. I’m addicted to running stats. If my Garmin isn’t recording, I might as well not run. If you can’t see a run and evaluate the numbers after, it didn’t happen right? I started with the Nike+ running app on my phone back in 2010. I progressed to […]
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