For as long as I’ve written this blog, I’ve advocated treating your long runs as rehearsals for the big day. Hone in your nutrition, pacing, and even clothing strategies while it doesn’t count, so that there won’t be any surprises when it does. Actually, I think you should go beyond just rehearsing: instead of just […]
A few months ago, fitness writer Craig Ballantyne wrote a post for Zen Habits called 12 Rules to Live By that I really liked. I was inspired: just as Craig intended, his list made me examine about my own life rules, borrowing from his where I found them useful. The point was not to say, You […]
Call me excited. I’m happy to finally announce, officially, that throughout the month of October and a good bit of November of this year, I’ll be doing a nationwide tour around the release of my book, No Meat Athlete: Run on Plants & Discover Your Fittest, Fastest, Happiest Self (which is now available for pre-order at Barnes […]
Whatever “ready to run a 100-miler” feels like, I can’t say I feel it. As I reached the end of my seven-mile run last week, my last before the 100-miler, that frightening thought crossed my mind. When I started training back in January, I pictured future-me as something of a tank / truck / beast of […]
My alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. This is it, I thought. Even with all the advance planning I had done in an effort to make absolutely certain I got a full night’s sleep, a fitful four hours was all I had managed, tossing nervously and with a distinct feeling of guilt for three hours […]
People often ask how you stay motivated. For getting in shape, running a marathon, or tackling an endeavor entirely unrelated to fitness. I’ve never really had an answer. I was a motivation machine when I was training to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I was so focused on the goal — obsessed even — and […]
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