P.J. Fleck’s words boomed through my car radio. As 2017 starts, I can’t shake them. Fleck, then the football coach at Western Michigan, was giving an interview on the Jim Rome show on December 19. (If you want to listen, you can here: Fleck interview). His team was preparing to play Wisconsin in the Cotton […]
Looking back at 2016, a year of extremes
2016 didn’t kill me. Although at times I felt it was trying. Maybe I survived because I’m not a celebrity. Or a Cuban dictator. Or Mariah Carey’s manager. The new year is off to such a hectic start that I haven’t had much time to look back at 2016. But it deserves some retrospective attention. […]
Adidas Supernova review — the agony of a running shoe update
Runners can be … ornery hesitant to try new running shoes. My first reaction is always cautionary when brands update a shoe I love. The Saucony Kinvara saved my running life. I was fitted for the Kinvara 2 in 2011 and ran through three pairs of that edition. The Kinvara 3 was also solid. But when the […]
Wrapping up 2016 with a PR in the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or so the radio stations in every store I enter tell me. So why not finish 2016 with one more PR? Sunday brought just that, as I set a new PR at the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon. It wasn’t expected, which is the best kind of personal […]
Taper madness is real, and it’s terrifying
Typically, I don’t taper. I hate the mental craziness that comes along, the taper madness. I have read many blog posts from athletes tapering. Those stories normally curse the weeks directly preceding a big race. Taper madness, triggered by inactivity following weeks of intense training, includes wild food cravings, outbursts of misdirected frustration, and sometimes the […]
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